Encore

Orig. in Riverside, Calif., by J.W. Cameron, R.K. Soost, and H.B. Frost, California Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1965. F1 of King (tangor?) × Willowleaf (Mediterranean) mandarin; selected in 1957; evaluated at Riverside. <b>Fruit:</b> fairly large; oblate; rind yellow-orange, thin, nearly smooth, peels easily with little albedo; flesh deep orange, flavor rich and sprightly; seeds numerous and monoembryonic; unusually late-ripening and late-holding on tree; best in Riverside from June through August. <b>Tree:</b> somewhat alternate-bearing habit.