Lue Gim Gong Oranges

  • Is a cross between a Mediterranean Sweet Orange and  Hart’s Late

  • Named after the Chinese-American Horticulturist that bread it

  • Characteristics similar to Valencia

    Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First year twig surface glabrous; second or third year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent; prickles absent or not persistent. Leaflets sweetly orange-like when crushed. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad, rind yellow-orange, orange, or red-orange, rind texture slightly rough, firmness leathery, navel absent, flesh orange, taste acidic-sweet.

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