Mandarinvariety
Bower
Bower was bred by USDA in Orlando from Clementine mandarin and Orlando tangelo. Its flavor is good, but it peels poorly and bears strongly in alternate years.
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How to spot it
- Skin
- difficult peeling
observation location: Riverside, California · source date: 3/1987
citrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗Context & source
Named accession observation or attributed description in the UCR Citrus Variety Collection. Its date, place and applicable conditions remain attached.
Original record: Bower was developed by USDA in Orlando from Clementine mandarin and Orlando tangelo. A Riverside note describes appealing flavor but difficult peeling and strongly alternate bearing.
- /details/observations/0/value/0/scope
- Collection source observation, not independently confirmed global cultivar identity
- /interpretation/context
- observation location: Riverside, California · source date: 3/1987
- /reviewed claim/context
- A Riverside note describes appealing flavor but difficult peeling
Origin & family
Where Bower began
Recorded origin
United States
Field notes
Original source notes
ucr profile observations
- scope
- Collection source observation, not independently confirmed global cultivar identity
- summary
- Bower was developed by USDA in Orlando from Clementine mandarin and Orlando tangelo. A Riverside note describes appealing flavor but difficult peeling and strongly alternate bearing.
- source url
- citrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- accession id
- accession:ucr-crc-3649