Orlando

Orlando is an ideal selection for homeowner use, is cold hardy, and produces excellent quality fruit that ripens early (October to December). It was received as budwood from USDCS, Indio, CA, via CCPP, in 1958, and is a sibling of Minneola tangelo, having Duncan grapefruit and Dancy mandarin as its parents. Its earliness of maturity, good shipping quality, and pleasant flavor made it the outstanding popular tangelo in Florida, where annual production in 1965 exceeded a million boxes.