Taste & texture
- Juiciness
- juicy
How to spot it
- Seeds & stone
- seedless
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- ripens November to February in central California and December to March in Southern California
Origin & family
Where Melogold began
Recorded origin
United States
- Institution
- University of California, Riverside
- Crossed
- 1958
- Released
- 1986
Melogold’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Melogold
United States
Photo: Jpbrigand2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Field notes
Original source notes
- ripeness cue
- The ripe rind is yellow. · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
Harvest
ripens November to February in central California and December to March in Southern CaliforniaPhotos
Jpbrigand2CC BY-SA 4.0 fruit de Mélogold sur l'arbre en fin janvier