In the course of making a series of back crosses, a pink-fleshed tangelo was secured as a result of using pollen of the Sampson tangelo on a seedling grapefruit. Resembling the Sampson tangelo on the outside of the fruit. In the original description no formal name was assigned this fruit, but it has commonly been referred to as the pink tangelo. The name Wekiwa (We-ki-wa) is here given to it, after a famous spring in Orange County, Fla. In making this back cross it was expected that the resulting hybrids would more nearly resemble the grapefruit, the seed parent. The male parent, however, the Sampson tangelo, proved dominant, the fruit bearing little resemblance to grapefruit but showing distinct tangelo character. This is not only true of the fruit itself, but is especially marked in the foliage characters. The small rounded leaves, like the Sampson, are strongly constricted and recurved(boat shaped), giving the tree a peculiar appearance easily recognized. In several similar back crosses the pollen parent (Sampson tangelo) has proved dominant to a marked degree. Like the Sampson, the Wekiwa tangelo comes true from seed, several seedlings fruiting at Indio, Calif., showing no variation from the parental form in fruit or tree characteristics. Fruit variable in size, but usually of small to medium size, 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 inches in diameter, spherical or slightly flattened, occasionally pyriform; color resembling grapefruit (Ridgway, pi. 1, pinard yellow to primuline yellow), often having pink blotches, especially where fruits are in contact; rind thin or of medium thickness (one-eighth to three-sixteenths inch), smooth and glossy, oil cells conspicuous, large, and flush with surface, devoid of bitter principle common in rind of citrus fruits ; segments 9 or 10,segment walls and inner rind tinged with color (Ridgway, peach red to Corinthian red) that appears to permeate the translucent pulp vesicles (which, however, are not so colored, but are amber in shade) ; seeds variable in number, usually averaging one to a segment, some fruits entirely seedless; pulp resembling grapefruit in appearance, with large, translucent vesicles, tender, juicy, very sweet, slightly aromatic, somewhat lacking in acidity but not insipid. Tree evergreen, rather weak grower, fairly productive; leaves small, 2 to 2 1/2 inches long, rounded oval in shape, peculiarly recurved or constricted, giving tree a characteristic appearance. This fruit reaches maturity by early November but remains in good condition for several months. The pulp loses color, however, as it passes full maturity in late December. This earliness in maturing is in sharp contrast to the usual time of maturity of both parents, the Sampson tangelo being especially late in maturing. It is thus unique both for the pinkish color and for earliness, and has an extreme sweetness greatly relished by some. A similar back cross (Bowen grapefruit (Duncan grapefruit) X Sampson tangelo) has given rise to another pink fleshed hybrid that is smaller and generally inferior as compared with the Wekiwa tangelo, but resembles it in physical make-up.