Citrus variety evaluation

Dr Dave Monks dave.monks@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Citrus varieties evaluated on site since 1989

2018 visitors 247 visitors

Major citrus industry groups

Sunkist

Wonderful

BioGold

ACIAR

Hort Innovation

Dareton Valencia harvest sequence 2018 (clockwise)

August

December

Dareton Valencia first harvest

sequence (2018)

August

December

• Weipe SL • Turkish Delite (Turkey) • Night Sky (Midknight imp.) • Benny • McClean SL • ? Gusocora (grafted ‘18) • Ruby • Keenan • DV • Lavalle

Turkish Delite (Turkey) Valencia

– Early maturity (Aug-Sep)

– Dual purpose: fresh juice and fruit

• South African export variety for fresh fruit

– Good, consistent yield

Bintangcheng No. 2 and Renbin No. 5

– Line up to blend w/ late season Valencia (May-July) = impart sweetness and fresh juice characteristics

– Public varieties

Cara Cara and mutations

mid May Cara Cara

Early colour, Cara Cara, Villa 11 early June

Local mutation Mid July

Cara Cara and mutations

Villa 11

Kirkwood Red

Cara Cara

mid June

Tarocco Ippolito Kirkwood Red

late June

Greenwood navel

Ruby Valencia

26 Dec 10 Jan

Red Ned (Star Ruby)

early Oct

M7, Rayno, FJ

mid May

Glen Ora Witkrans

2017/18 • MJR 11 & 12 (early Nova) • Afourer selection (x2) • H2 mandarin (Stella SL) • Orah & Or4 mandarin • Sonet mandarin • Valley Gold mandarin • Italian Lemon • Star Ruby grapefruit (x3) • Gusocora Valencia

Newly grafted material, or to be grafted soon

2018/19 • Sugar Belle mandarin • C4-15-19 mandarin • Pink Marvel (variegated)

lemon • Kinnow LS mandarin • Daisy LS mandarin • M8 mandarin

HLB tolerance

Newly grafted material, or to be grafted soon

Kinnow LS (2-3 seeds)

– Uni. California Riverside

Seeded version • 60% total fruit area in

Punjab – 1st in fruit production in India.

• Massive Pakistan export volume

• 370,000t cf. 270,000t total Aus.

UC Riverside/T. Williams

Budded mid November

Acknowledgements

• Citrus Australia Variety Committee

• Graeme Sanderson

• Troy Witte