Yalaha Tangelo

In Circular 181 (1931), the authors compare Yalaha tangelo generally with Minneola but call it a less striking fruit with a slightly roughened rind. They describe it as suitable for a late market in March and April or later, and report that it had fruited for several seasons near the town of Yalaha, Lake County, Florida. They say the variety was given the town’s Seminole Indian name.^⁠[2]

Circular 181’s technical description characterizes Yalaha as small-grapefruit-sized, with a roughened, pebbly, medium-thick rind, 8–10 segments, 20–25 slender seeds, and pale amber, tender, juicy pulp. It describes the trees as evergreen, vigorous, and productive, and notes that young trees could bear in clusters that produced pear-shaped fruit, a tendency expected to diminish with age.^⁠[2]