Vaniglia Sanguigno Acidless Sweet Orange

Vaniglia Sanguigno is a pink-fleshed, lycopene-pigmented acidless sweet orange. The UCR Citrus Variety Collection identifies its accession as CRC 3801, PI 539620, VI 442.^⁠[1]

For CRC 3801, UCR records the parents as unknown and lists Carrizo citrange as the rootstock. UCR records budwood received from USDCS in Indio, California, in 1981.^⁠[1]

UCR lists a November-to-March ripening season at Riverside. Its accession notes describe pink coloration near the rind and very juicy fruit; these are collection observations, not a controlled comparison.^⁠[1]

Informal tasting reports vary. A presenter describes very sweet, acidless fruit with vanilla and spice notes; a grower says flavor improved on the same VI-442 tree over time, while separate reports describe different flavor impressions.^{⁠[9]⁠[5]⁠[4]⁠[8]}

One informal report says pure Vaniglia Sanguigno juice remained insipid, while tasters preferred a blend of two Vaniglia fruits to five limequats over store-bought juice. The reported preference applies to that blend; the limequat cultivar and tasting details are unspecified.^⁠[6]