![]() Under the name Honey Murcott, small-scale commercial propagation was undertaken by the Indian Rocks Nursery in 1928. Unfortunately, records are not available concerning this transaction or the labels for the trees provided. Hoyt received from the Department of Agriculture nursery at Miami sometime prior to 1916. Evidently the parent tree was one of the hybrids which Mr. Department of Agriculture, which maintained a nursery of citrus hybrids at Little River, Miami, until about 1916. Hoyt of Safety Harbor, who was a cooperator in the citrus breeding program of the U.S. It is believed that the budwood was obtained from a neighbor, R. The oldest known budded tree, from which the present commercial acreage largely if not entirely traces, still remains on the place formerly owned by a nurseryman, Charles Murcott Smith, in Bayview, Clearwater, Florida, and is thought to have been budded about 1922 (Ziegler and Wolfe, 1961). The origin of Murcott is unknown and its history obscure. Likewise, the name Smith should be dropped since Murcott clearly has priority. To avoid confusion with the hybrid Honey mandarin variety of California origin, the name Honey should not be used for this variety even as an appendage. Productive but with tendency to alternate bearing and one of the most sensitive mandarins to cold. Fruit mainly borne terminally and hence exposed to wind, frost, and sunburn injury. ![]() Tree medium in vigor and size, upright-growing with long, willowy branches leaves medium-small, lanceolate, and sharp-pointed. Holds only moderately well on tree with some granulation but does not puff. Seeds small, few to numerous, and cotyledons white. Flesh orange-colored tender, very juicy flavor very rich and sprightly. Segments 11 to 12, moderately adherent axis medium-large and semi-hollow. ![]() Rind thin, rather tightly adherent and not readily peelable surface smooth to slightly pebbled color yellowish-orange at maturity. "Fruit medium in size, firm, oblate to subglobose shallowly ribbed to conform with segments both base and apex flattened or slightly depressed. The orange rind is thin, smooth, and peels moderately well.ĭescription from The Citrus Industry Vol. Alternate bearing often occurs in this variety, and if the fruit burden is excessive in the "on" year, the tree may die due to a carbohydrate depletion commonly referred to as "Murcott collapse." The fruit is medium-sized when the tree is carrying a moderate fruit load. The fruit tends to be borne near the outside of the tree. Department of Agriculture citrus breeding program in Florida in the early 1900s. Murcott trees are moderate in size and vigor with a somewhat upright growth habit with willowy branches. It is believed to have come out of the U.S. OJB: Murcott is the same variety marketed by Florida growers under the name Honey. Received as budwood from USDCS, Indio, CA, via CCPP, 1961.
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