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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusVaniglia Sanguigno Acidless Sweet Orange
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3801 (opens in a new tab)
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Never Enough Dirt · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud3G2xyoVrg (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: 38:28 video; English auto-generated captions cover 0:01–38:28; the page shows “4 years ago” without an exact publication date. The presenter labels one specimen “vanilla blood orange,” describes its juice as silky and fine-textured (30:13–30:30), and reports that the tasted juice is very sweet, nectar-like, and reminiscent of mango and papaya (33:16–35:59). He also describes many seeds and easy juicing (31:01–31:20). The account is attributed to the presenter; its “vanilla” label is not treated as verified genetic or pigment evidence.
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Weird Explorer · YouTube · 2021-04-21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8sTk8QDRmY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The presenter describes donated Vaniglia Sanguigno as having zero sourness and mild flavor (5:09–6:42). The video description says the fruit was grown in California and reviewed in New York City; orchard, rootstock, and sample count are unstated. The sweetness comparison is unscored; a later Meyer blend is separate.
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Houzz
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/4978810/vaniglia-sanguigno-blood-orange (opens in a new tab)
Houzz discussion started by Dee (thewickedchic); page shows only “8 years ago.” Includes distinct firsthand reports: lydia_nz describes fruit from an approximately five-year-old in-ground tree in full sun in Auckland as acidless, deep orange, and like non-sour orange gummy candy; another poster reports supermarket fruit as acidless, sweet, and vanilla-fragrant; Maurice Kuddiss describes fruit from their own tree as acidless with tropical hints. These are individual accounts with no confirmed common accession, and most omit harvest date, rootstock, and sample count.
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martweb · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2022-11-14
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=49383.0 (opens in a new tab)
Thread started Nov. 14, 2022; 28 posts on two pages. sc4001992 identifies a grafted tree as UCR VI-442 and reports fruit flavor improved after the first 2–3 years; the same grower later describes the 15+ year tree as productive, sweet with very mild acidity, and November-ripening in Southern California. This is one longitudinal grower/tree account, not replicated testing. Separate reports by Brian (small container, heated greenhouse, Pennsylvania) and JSea (New Zealand) concern specimens/accessions not specified. The thread distinguishes VI-442 from ordinary Vaniglia; do not merge all comments as one specimen.
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Fruit Mentor
Visible article body gives no author or publication date; image-path year is not verified publication metadata. The writer describes their own fruit/juice as initially pleasant then flat or insipid and reports a tasting group’s preferred blend of two Vaniglia fruits to five limequats. The positive result belongs to the mixed juice, not either fruit alone. Father-in-law preference is a separate attributed taste-test account. No dates, rootstock, or instrument readings are provided.
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Figu · FruttAma.it · 2021-01-19
https://fruttama.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4023 (opens in a new tab)
Four-page, 32-post thread begun Jan. 19, 2021. Figu’s first post describes a first tasting of tiny fruits gifted among navel oranges, reportedly from Sarrabus: the poster calls them delicious and better than blonde Vaniglia, with pink albedo, nearly blond flesh, and many seeds. Sample count, source tree, rootstock and maturity are unstated; mixed fruit and nearly blond flesh leave exact accession identity uncertain. Later posts discuss ordinary Vaniglia or unresolved identification and are not treated as confirmation of this sample.
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hoosierquilt · Growing Fruit · 2016-07-25
https://growingfruit.org/t/no-acid-citrus/6705 (opens in a new tab)
In post #4, hoosierquilt says they grow Vaniglia Sanguigno, calls it sub-acid, and reports a vague bitter aftertaste; the poster and their husband like it. The post also attributes pink albedo to lycopene and distinguishes the cultivar from a true blood orange, but supplies no sample, tree location, rootstock, harvest date or count. Broad popularity statements are unreferenced.
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Really Good Plants · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlLlXhwvY4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: In this 0:35 short, the presenter describes one tasted Vaniglia Sanguigno as very, very sweet, acidless, and vanilla/spice flavored (0:03–0:23), with some seeds and a skin they say does not peel very well (0:27–0:32). No fruit count, measured chemistry, tree, rootstock, maturity or growing site is stated; the page’s “YOLO COUNTY” tag does not establish where the fruit was grown. Exact publication date is not displayed; March 30, 2025 is the title/speech date, not verified publication metadata. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–0:32 of 0:35.
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TheKiwiGrower · YouTube · 2021-08-20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_pQ4Ux5t3U (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: In the Vaniglia Sanguigno segment (0:15–1:26), the presenter describes a tasted fruit as lacking acid/tanginess/sourness, with floral/rosewater impressions, sweetness and a possible melon note (0:17–1:00). The melon impression is explicitly tentative; the heard-of acidic-orange juice blend is hearsay, not tested here. No fruit count, measured chemistry, rootstock, maturity or specimen-growing site is reported; the presenter’s New Zealand residence does not establish sample origin. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–8:43 of the 8:46 video.
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