Wilking Mandarin: History | World of Citrus

1915Riverside, California, United States
Cross Made
UCR reports that H. B. Frost made the King × Willowleaf cross at Riverside in 1915; Wilking and Kinnow were sister seedlings from that cross. The source does not specify seed- and pollen-parent direction.
- Howard B. FrostBreeder
  Made the 1915 King × Willowleaf cross that produced Wilking.
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1935
Other
Howard B. Frost described Wilking mandarin in Four New Citrus Varieties, published in 1935. This records the publication and does not establish a separate formal introduction or the Riverside accession date.
Sources: ⁠[7]

Cross Made