2012 - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

2012 Budwood Annual Report 

Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 

Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner 

Division of Plant Industry 

Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration

2012 Annual Report 

Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration 

Bureau of Citrus 

Budwood Registration 

3027 Lake Alfred Road (Hwy 17) 

Winter Haven, FL 33881 

Phone: 863.298.3042 

Fax: 863.298.3050 

Web address: 

www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/budwood/index.html 

Michael C. Kesinger, Chief 

1 

Annual Report 2012 

Highlights of bureau activity in 2011-2012 

Division of Plant 

Industry 

Plant Industry Helpline 

888.397.1517 

Citrus Health Response Program 

800.282.5153 

Richard Gaskalla, Director 

Wayne Dixon, Assistant Director 

Table of Contents 

15 

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 

Florida Department of 

Agriculture 

& Consumer Services 

Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner 

Lab Report / Pathogen Testing 

Pathogen testing and clean-up activity 

2 Bureau Staff Description of bureau staff roles Introductions / Releases Current and historic look at 

16 new variety introductions from within and outside Florida 

3 

Participant Activity 

Active nurseries / CBTAC membership 

4 Florida Citrus Nursery Propagation 20 

7 

Source Trees Budwood sources by scion and increase block 

usage - current and historic 

Nursery Propagations by: 

21 

8 Budwood Production 22 

9 Source Material 23 

10 

Chiefland Budwood Foundation Budwood 

cutting recap, statistics and list of selections maintained 

14 Bud Cutting Charts 25 

Our Vision 

Most Popular List of top 25 varieties, clones and 

rootstocks for 2011-2012 

Dooryard Citrus Varieties 

Charts of Citrus Types Propagated 

Sweet Oranges Number of sweet orange nursery 

propagations made in 2011-2012 

24 Mandarin/Grapefruit/Kumquat/Lemon 

/Lime/Pummelo propagations 

Rootstocks Nursery propagations by rootstock 

The Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration will be diligent in providing high yielding, pathogen tested, 

quality budlines that will positively impact the productivity and prosperity of our citrus industry. 

Our Mission 

The Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration administers a program to assist growers and nurserymen in 

producing citrus nursery trees that are believed to be horticulturally true to varietal type, productive, and 

free from certain recognizable bud-transmissible diseases detrimental to fruit production and tree 

longevity.

Annual Report 2012 

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 

Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration 

Michael Kesinger, Chief 

Graft-transmissible diseases of citrus are incurable in commercial citrus groves; therefore, the use of certified budwood is the only 

option for nurserymen to grow productive disease-free trees. The Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration makes certain that 

nurseries get a clean start, with outstanding selected stock that has been rigorously tested and made available for distribution from 

foundation mother trees. 

This was a good year for budwood cutting at the Chiefland foundation, as demand continues to increase. Budwood cutting increased 

by 34%, to 515,007 bud eyes cut, in this fifth year of budwood distribution. Chiefland foundation budwood represents 13% of the 

industry’s total source material used by citrus nurseries. The customer base includes 34 commercial citrus nurseries and 3 research 

agencies. Budwood was cut on 121 days for 238 separate customer orders. One hundred forty-two varieties were utilized for 

nursery propagation. Revenue from budwood sales at Chiefland amounted to $119,926. A total of 1,316,197 bud eyes were cut and 

distributed in Chiefland’s first five years of existence. 

The Chiefland greenhouses contain 1,105 trees, representing 309 varieties which includes 390 clones. The actual number of trees 

was reduced this year, as some of the closer-spaced trees were removed to allow more growing room. Fifty-four new trees were 

planted this year, representing 28 cultivars. Since the greenhouses are reaching capacity, and very little room is left for accepting 

new varieties, an expansion is planned for next fiscal year. Four of the original bows are to be extended 96 feet to the west, in the 

summer of 2012. This will add 11,520 sq. ft. to the greenhouses. 

Florida breeders entered 48 new selections into the bureau’s parent tree indexing program, in Winter Haven, for testing and shoot-tip 

grafting. A total of 72 new introductions were received in Winter Haven in 2011-2012, sixty-one were released, and 19 were sent to 

Chiefland for incorporation into the foundation. 

The bureau laboratory in Winter Haven ran 27,819 qPCR tests for eleven different citrus pathogens. To date citrus greening has not 

been found in any budwood source trees. This is a testimony to the efficacy of insect proofing of industry greenhouses, stringent 

spray programs and detailed inspections. A new robotic system has been acquired for the lab, that will increase efficiency in qPCR 

set up. A second robotic handler is scheduled for purchase in the next fiscal year, which will be programmable for reconfiguring 

qPCR plates. 

Major improvements were made to the bureau pathogen indexing greenhouses at Winter Haven this fiscal year. Five greenhouses 

were connected with an internal entry vestibule that allows employees access to the greenhouses without having to make multiple reentries. 

Insect exclusion was also improved by changing roofs and sidewalls to polycarbonate. Cooling and heating systems were 

upgraded as well. All the renovation work was accomplished with a federal Clean Plant Network grant. 

The largest number of Florida citrus nursery propagations was reported this year since the mandatory greenhouse growing of nursery 

trees began in 2007. Citrus nursery propagation figures increased 25.7% from last year to 3,941,049 trees. The actual number of 

trees that make it to commercial groves is considerably lower, as the propagation figures also represent trees for the homeowner 

market. An estimated 6 to 12% of the commercial citrus nursery stock is produced for the dooryard market. 

The budwood office processed 937 bud cutting reports, which amounts to an increase of 153 reports from the previous year. The 

average nursery made over 83 thousand propagations this fiscal year. One hundred eighty-two different clones, representing 147 

different varieties, were propagated this fiscal year. Although the citrus industry utilizes only a handful of varieties in commercial 

plantings, the dooryard (homeowner) market utilizes a larger assortment of citrus types. 

Sweet orange propagations accounted for 3.1 million trees, or 80.5% of the nursery stock produced. Grapefruit accounted for 

369,924 propagations, or 9.4% of the total production, compared to 7.3% last year. Mandarins accounted for 287,778 propagations, 

or 7.3% of the total production. Lemons and Limes accounted for 1.5 of the nursery stock, with Pummelos at .2%. 

Hamlin and Valencia were the top two varieties propagated, making up 34.6 and 34.2% of nursery propagations, respectively. 

Midsweet was the third most popular variety, at 7.5% of nursery propagations, followed by Ray Ruby grapefruit at 4.6%, Navels at 

3%, and Ruby Red grapefruit at 2.7%. Orri was the most popular mandarin type propagated at 38,731 propagations, followed 

closely by Tango at 35,138. This is the first time in years that the traditional mandarin types have been replaced by relative 

newcomers. Swingle was the most popular rootstock used for budding. This is the 24th year that Swingle has been the top-utilized 

rootstock. Nursery trees on Swingle account for 37 % of all propagations, compared to 40% last year. Kuharske citrange and Sour 

Orange were the 2nd and 3rd most utilized rootstocks, accounting for 17% and 8% of propagations, respectively. Carrizo citrange, 

along with X-639, were the next most popular rootstocks, at 7.9 and 7.6 % respectively, followed by Volkamer at 4.5%, Cleopatra at 

3.3% and US-802 at 3.1%. 

1 Annual Report 2012 (FY 2011-2012) Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration

2 Budwood Bureau Staff Members 

Name 

Bureau Work Areas 

Position Title 

Area of Responsibility 

(17 filled full time positions) (3 half time OPS workers) 

OFFICE STAFF Phone 863-298-3041 FAX: 863-298-7750 

Donarski, Barbara 

Hutchinson, Donna 

Kesinger, Michael 

Administrative Secretary 

001355 

Management Analyst II 

001353 

Bureau Chief 

001347 

GREENHOUSE STAFF 

Jusino, Mercedes Laboratory Technician II 

001350 

Roth, Meta Agricultural Technician III 

001414 

Vacant 

Environmental Specialist I 

001371 

GROVE STAFF 

Bouie, James Groundskeeping Supervisor II 

001948 

2 Annual Report 2012 (FY 2011-2012) Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration 

Years* 

Office receptionist, public liaison and fiscal records. 5 

Office staff supervisor. Keeps records for source trees 

and oversees budwood cutting data. Does billing. 

Budwood Program administration. 33 

Assists in caretaking greenhouses. Propagates, sprouts, 

trims, waters, sprays, fertilizes, and salt reading. 

Caretakes greenhouse pathogen indexing plants at the 

Winter Haven Greenhouses. Propagates, sprouts, trims, 

waters, sprays, fertilizes. 

Manages the Winter Haven Greenhouses. Keeps 

production schedules, propagates, sprouts, trims, waters, 

sprays, fertilizes, and maintains paperwork/ tags. 

Supervises the care taking of all grove and arboretum 

trees including fertilization, herbiciding, mowing and 

spraying. 

Mathis, Robert OPS Agricultural Technician I Grounds keeping in the Florida Citrus Arboretum - part 

Potts, Melvin 

INSPECTION STAFF 

Lebron-Rivera, Ana 

LABORATORY STAFF 

Boles, Sandra 

Plant Protection Specialist 

001346 


001435 

Biological Scientist III 

001389 

time. 

Helps with purchasing and assists in grove and arboretum 

tree care. Maintenance and repair. 

Citrus source tree inspection, scion tree movement and 

sample collection. 

PCR Testing for citrus pathogens. 

Kuhn, Alice OPS Washing lab glassware - part time. 3 

Litten, Louisa Biological Scientist I 

Shoot-tip grafting to remove pathogens from citrus 

Roberts, Audrey 

Sieburth, Peggy 

Thoresen, David 

001252 

Biological Scientist III 

001244 

Biological Scientist IV 

001348 

Laboratory Technician IV 

001386 

selections. 

PCR Testing for citrus pathogens. 

Lab Director oversees biological tests, STGing, and PCR 

testing. 

Shoot-tip grafting and PCR lab support, and assists in 

biological indexing. 

CHIEFLAND STAFF FAX: 352-493-6832 

Bailey, Rosanna 

Connolly, Dennis 

McCaskill, Marc 

Secretary Specialist 

001352 

Plant Protection Specialist 

001351 


001275 

Chiefland secretary and receptionist, takes budwood 

orders, arranges shipments and keeps records. 

Caretakes the Chiefland greenhouse trees and cuts 

budwood. 

Caretakes the Chiefland greenhouse trees and cuts 

budwood. 

40 

14 

11 

- 

8 

12 

11 

3 

1 st year 

7 

1 

16 

2 

1 st year 

Miller, George OPS Budwood cutting - part time. 1 st year 

Rosson, Ben 

Operations Consultant II Manages the Chiefland budwood foundation facility and 

004313 

budwood distribution to nurserymen. 

6 

*Years in Bureau rounded to nearest number Average employees years experience 9.7 Total bureau years experience 180 

3 

3

3 Participant Activity 

7000000 

6000000 

5000000 

4000000 

3000000 

2000000 

1000000 

0 

Program becomes mandatory 

Asian citrus psyllid detected 

Nursery Propagations since registration became mandatory 1997 

In 2011-2012 Florida nursery propagations increased 25.7% 

from the previous fiscal year 

Active Nurseries (47) 

Forty-seven active Florida citrus nurseries reported making propagations in the 2011–2012 fiscal year. 

Citrus Budwood Technical 

Advisory Committee 

Members 

GROWER 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Mr. Peter Chaires 

Mr. Nick Faryna 

Mr. Tom Hammond 

Mr. Peter McClure 

Mr. Michael Stewart 

NURSERY 


Mr. Jim Brewer 

Mr. John Gose 

Mr. Nate Jameson 

Mr. Phillip Rucks 

Mr. Tommy Thayer 

REGULATORY 


Dr. Susan Halbert 

Mr. Michael Kesinger 

Dr. Peggy Sieburth 

Ms. Lisa Williams 

RESEARCH 


Bailey Branch, Inc Himrod Citrus Nursery Reclamation Trees 

Blue Heron Nurseries James H Albritton Record Buck Farms Dr. Kim Bowman 

Brewer Citrus Nursery Jerry B McGill Richard Wright Citrus Nur. Dr. Fred Gmitter 

Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery Joe Melton Nursery Robert C Brewer Dr. Mark Hilf 

Carl Wilburn Just Fruits Robert J Barben, Inc Dr. Richard Lee 

Citrus Nursery Management K & C Farmer Citrus Nursery South Ridge Citrus Nursery 

Darryl's Family Citrus Nur. Lora & Carl Simmons Citrus Southern Citrus Nurseries 

Farkas & Fussell Citrus Nur. Lykes Citrus Management Southern Gardens Citrus Nur. 

Farkas Citrus Nursery M & M Nurseries, Inc Stinson Citrus 

Farmer's Citrus Nursery Murphy Citrus Nursery, Inc Sun Ag, Inc 

Fiddler's Ridge Farms Coop Orange-Co of Florida, Inc Tiger Creek Citrus Nursery 

Flood Clinch Lake Nursery Petteway Growers Timmermann's Citrus Nur. 

Floyd & Associates, Inc Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery W. E. Green & Sons Citrus 

Franklin D. Fender Citrus Philmon Citrus Nursery W.W. Citrus Nursery 

Gose Growers Pokey's Lake Gem Citrus Nur. Wards Nursery, Inc 

Harris Citrus Nursery Rasnake Citrus Nursery 

Many commercial nurseries also sell dooryard trees and several are mainly own use, but keep the option to sell to other 

growers as well. 

Hurricane year 

Greening found in Florida 

New nursery regulations 

The CBTAC met on July 7, 2011 to 

discuss the proposed La Crosse 

repository and conducted a conference 

call on December 14, 2011 to approve 

the following eight varieties for 

introduction into Florida: 

Kankitsu Chukanbohon Nou 5 Gou 

Kankitsu Chukanbohon Nou 6 Gou 

Byron Sunrise Finger lime 

Rainforest Pear Finger lime 

Ruby Valencia 

Nova mandarin irradiated 

Atwood Navel 

Beck Navel 


4 Florida Citrus Nursery Propagation 

Voluntary Registration since 1953 

Mandatory Registration since 1997 

Mandatory Greenhouse Production 2007 

Production 2012 2011 2010 Number of Active Nurseries 47 

Increased Production 26 22 18 Number of New Participants 1 

Decreased Production 14 17 24 Propagations Increase By 805,723 

New or Resumed 7 3 3 Percent Increase 25.7% 

Did Not Propagate 2 6 2 Average Nursery Propagated 

*does not count three research agencies 

83,672* 

3.9 Million Nursery Propagations 

Sweet O. 

% 

Grapefruit 

% 

Mandarin 

% 

Lemon/Lime 

% 

5 Nurseries propagated 42% of the trees 80.5 9.4 7.3 1.5 

10 Nurseries propagated 69% of the trees Type Number Increase/ 

Decrease 

15 Nurseries propagated 79% of the trees Orange 3,172,966 +631,556 

The Most Popular 

Percent of total nursery production 

Grapefruit 


369,924 

287,778 

+140,742 

+43,329 

ORANGE HAMLIN 34.6% Lemon/Lime 58,929 +4,950 

GRAPEFRUIT RAY RUBY 4.6% Pummelo 7,351 -32,741 

MANDARIN ORRI 0.9% Other 44,101 +17,887 

ROOTSTOCK SWINGLE 37% 

6 to 12% of the propagations 

are made for the homeowner 

market (see page 21 ) 

County that produces the most citrus 

nursery trees 

Percent produced 

in Polk 44% 

Polk 

Citrus Industry Acreage 

541,328 acres 

173,732,946 total number of registered propagations made since 1953 

963 total budwood participants 1953 - 2012 



Five Year Summary 

2012 

Size # of Nurseries by Year Nurseries by County 

# of Propagations 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Rank County Props % 

600,000 0 0 0 1 0 10 Orange 78,981 2.0 

Total Nurseries 47 42 45 44 42 11 Taylor 45,266 1.2 

Almost 50% of the trees produced are produced by nurseries that grow 

between 200,000 and 400,000 trees. 

Nursery Activity 

12 Indian River 17,120 0.4 

13 Hernando 12,800 0.3 

14 St. Lucie 9,100 0.2 

15 Wakulla 1,267 0.03 

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Commercial 3,932,586 99.8 

Total # of Propagations 3,941,049 3,135,326 3,001,186 3,764,259 3,546,896 Research Agencies (3) 8,463 0.2 

Registration Fees (ST) $61,015 $51,402 $38,985 $41,285 $39,580 Grand Total 3,941,049 100 

BCRs processed 937 784 776 766 795 

Average # of 

Propagations 

* does not count research agencies 

83,672* 74,517* 66,520 85,551 84,450 

Nursery Tree Demand Projections 

Estimated Commercial Tree Demand 

(based only on attrition, no expansion) 

541,328 Acres 

70,000,000 Trees (rounded down) 

*Propagation figure reduced by 25 percent to account for culls and trees going to 

homeowner market. 

Year # Propagations 

47 Active Commercial Nurseries 

Grove Attrition Rate Actual Trees Needed 

Estimated number of trees available 

to growers (-25%)* 

3 percent 2,100,000 

4 percent 2,800,000 

5 percent 3,500,000 

6 percent 4,200,000 

7 percent 4,900,000 

8 percent 5,600,000 

9 percent 6,300,000 

10 percent 7,000,000 

Nursery production at level to keep 

up with % attrition rate 

2006-2007 2,592,466 1,944,349 2.8% 

2007-2008 3,546,896 2,660,172 3.8% 

2008-2009 3,764,259 2,823,194 4.0% 

2009-2010 3,001,186 2,250,889 3.2% 

2010-2011 3,135,326 2,351,494 3.4% 

2011-2012 3,941,049 2,955,786 4.2% 



Propagations by Nursery Size (% of total propagations made) 

The chart above shows the number of propagations that nurseries of various sizes made as a percent of the state 

total. Nursery size is indicated as a range [ - ]. Although the majority of nurseries produce less than 100 

thousand trees, nurseries that produce more than 100 thousand trees account for the majority of the trees 

produced 


7 Source Trees 

Increase Trees 36.3% of propagating material 

Bud eyes cut from Increase 

Blocks (IB) 

% of all B/W originating 

from IB 

# Nurseries cutting from 

Increase Blocks 

2012 2011 2010 2009 

1,431,356 1,200,813 1,256,597 1,700,995 

36.3% 38.3% 41.9% 45.2% 

33 30 37 34 

Each BCR that establishes an IB is 

considered a separate IB. There 

were 263 IBs used with an average 

of 5,442 eyes cut per block. The 

life span of an increase block is a 

maximum of 36 months. 

Increase trees can originate from scion trees or Chiefland foundation budwood 

Category 

Scion Trees 50.8% of propagating material 

# 

Trees 

Bud Eyes 

Cut 

Trees 

Cut 

Average 

Buds Cut 

Facts 

Participants with Scion Groves 33 

Seed Source 4,327 Number of Scion Blocks (Budwood) 41 

Budwood Scion 5,267 Number of Scion Blocks (Seed Source) 26 

Sweet Orange 3,492 1,837,521 1,759 1,045 

Number nurseries using Scion Grove 

36 

Grapefruit 389 85,648 128 669 

Mandarin 834 60,613 92 659 

B/W 2011-2012 

Average Number of B/W Scion Trees 

per Participant (29 participants) 

Average Number of Seed Trees per 

Participant (18 participants) 

Lemon/Lime 320 11,542 32 361 Overall Scion Varieties 122 

Pummelo 46 369 3 123 Total Clones 203 

Kumquat 122 3,451 9 383 Overall Seed Source Varieties 31 

Other 64 2,706 11 246 Number scion trees witnessed (STM) 711 

Total Scion Trees 9,594 2,001,850 2,034 984 Inspector days STM 11 

Category Source trees (Bud eyes cut by year) 

Category 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 

Foundation * 507,843 379,989 241,650 137,431 43,505 185,780 47,248 145,025 161,899 219,362 

Scion 2,001,850 1,554,524 1,502,939 1,925,833 1,711,978 827,167 537,771 1,103,157 2,541,180 2,763,304 

Increase 1,431,356 1,200,813 1,256,597 1,700,995 1,791,413 1,579,519 828,407 761,959 1,150,102 1,652,310 

* The figures from the database may be lower or higher than the figure actually cut from Chiefland. If the budwood is 

going for research, the reports are not entered into the propagation database; therefore, the figures may appear lower. 

Some years Bud Cutting Reports from the previous fiscal year were received after the cutoff date and entered into the 

next year’s database. This is why the figure is slightly higher than the actual number cut. Bud Cutting Reports are 

normally accepted until July 15, after which the database is closed and any straggler reports are entered into the 

following year’s database. 

Percent of Budwood 

Category 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 

Foundation 12.9 12.1 8.1 3.7 1.2 7 3 7 4 4 

Scion 50.8 49.6 50.1 51.2 48.3 32 38 51 64 56 

Increase 36.3 38.3 41.9 45.2 50.5 61 58 36 31 41 


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8 Budwood Production 

Bud Yield - Scion Trees 

New Scion trees must originate from Chiefland foundation budwood 

Scion Bud yield since greenhouse requirement (younger greenhouse trees) 

Year Sweet Orange Grapefruit Mandarin Average (All Types) 

Average Maximum Average Maximum Average Maximum Average Maximum 

2012 1,045 21,937 669 3,200 659 3,792 984 21,937 

2011 907 6,632 688 3,650 500 2,000 856 6,632 

2010 325 4,824 488 4,500 316 3,850 329 4,824 

2009 968 9,936 842 3,900 305 3,200 878 9,936 

2008 401 28,359 484 8,100 412 2,150 403 28,359 

Average Scion Bud yield before greenhouse requirement (older larger field trees) 

Year Sweet Orange Grapefruit Mandarin Average (All Types) 

2007 1,430 1,090 437 1,305 

2006 1,918 1,783 613 1,698 

2005 2,142 2,959 1,039 2,074 

2004 2,899 3,299 1,274 2,771 

2003 3,311 1,878 919 2,858 

2002 2,730 2,473 1,032 2,508 

2,405 2,247 885 2,202 

Six Year 

Average 

Tree Age Scion Trees (Budwood, not seed source) Number of trees (registration fees paid) 

1 year old 2 years old 3 years old 4 years old 5 years old 

6 years & 

older 

2012 343 1,053 1,046 243 443 2,139 

2011 1,891 818 290 491 1,618 468 

2010 1,171 368 621 2,747 170 645 

2009 415 700 3,493 210 697 (5-11 years old) 

2008 484 3,693 210 261 445 (5-11 years old) 

Scion Trees (Average bud yield by tree age) Prior to starting over with greenhouse trees 

Tree Age 

(Years) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

6-Year 

average 


Max cut 

from one 

tree 

1 - 3 721 716 1,468 720 670 470 794 1,725 

4 - 6 1,278 2,995 1,805 1,829 1,392 1,282 1,764 6,576 

7 - 10 2,197 3,585 4,117 1,994 2,378 2,458 2,788 11,626 

11 - 15 2,434 3,627 4,316 3,641 4,329 2,176 3,421 2,820 

15+ 3,305 3,150 3,119 2,852 3,172 1,624 2,870 3,152 

Scion trees must be witnessed by a DPI inspector and be registered and tested annually

9 

Source Material 

Budwood Source Trees in Scion Plantings 

Cultivars and number of trees available for cutting budwood 

5,267 

Trees 

Ambersweet 5 Hirado LS Pum 1 Oroblanco 9 Sunburst 87 

Ann Sat 1 Hirado Pum 25 Orri 15 Tahoe Gold 1 

Baboon Le 6 Itaborai 5 1 Ortanique 8 Tami 3 

Bearss Le 37 Itaborai 6 2 Osceola 3 Tango 74 

Brown Select Sat 16 Kaffir Lime 23 Owari Sat 23 36 Tarocco B/O 18 3 

Budd Blood 4 Kedem 5 Owari Sat 25 33 Temple 12 

Buddhas Hand 4 Key Lime 43 Owari Sat 874 20 Temple Sdless 6 

C latipes 203-10 3 Key Lime Thornless 6 Page 10 Thompson Gft 23 

Calamondin 51 Kimbrough Sat 7 Parson Brown 56 5 Triumph Gft 1 

Cara Cara Navel 55 King 6 Persian Lime 32 Ugli 1 

Centennial Kum 5 Kishu Sdless 6 Pineapple 150 15 Valencia 14-19 861 

Chinotto S/O 5 Lakeland Lqt 7 Pineapple 27 9 Valencia 14-31 73 

Clementine 1 Lane Navel 21 Pineapple 53 14 Valencia 18-31 1 

Daisy 2 Lee 3 Pineapple 60 8 Valencia 55-1 30 

Dancy 59 29 Lemonquat 2 Pineapple Sdless 13 Valencia 55-23 14 

Dream Navel 3 Liang Ping Pum 1 Pink Sensation Pum 3 Valencia 55-4 379 

Duncan Gft 56 15 Lisbon Le 2 Ponderosa Le 38 Valencia CREC-1465 2 

Duncan Gft 57 7 Long Ft Kum 5 Ponkan 35 Valquarius CREC 2 

Early Pride 15 Lue Gim Gong 1 Queen 25 4 Var Minneola 5 

Earlygold 17 Marisol Clem 6 Rasnake Tangelo 1 Var Pink Lemon 37 

Etrog Citron 5 Marsh Gft 57 23 Ray Ruby Gft 87 Verna Le 203-9 3 

Eureka Le 36 Marsh Gft 58 15 Red Lime 4 Vernia 15 20 

Eureka Le 404 3 Marumi Kum 3 Red Shaddock 1 Vernia 16 2 

Fallglo 16 Meiwa Kum 73 Rio Red Gft 53 Vernia 35 2 

Fertic Te 4 Melogold 1 Robinson 24 W Murcott 28 

Fina Sodea Clem 2 Merav 5 Roble 8 Wash Navel 13 1 

Finger Lime 2 Meyer Le 68 Rohde Red 472 75 Wash Navel 18 12 

Finger Lime Red 1 Midknight 15 Round Lime 1 Wash Navel 19 4 

Fisher Navel 5 Midsweet 212 Royal Gft 3 Wekiwa 1 

Flame Gft 39 Minneola 75 Ruby Red Gft 109 Westin 13 1 

Fremont 1 Moro B/O 3 2 Ruby Sweet 10 2 Westin 2 1 

Giant Finger Lime 2 Moro B/O 50 4 Ruby Sweet 24 1 WG Mandarin 22 

Giant Key Lime 2 Murcott 71 Sanbokan 6 Wild Turkey Navel 4 

Glen Navel 11 167 Nagami Kum 36 Sanguinelli B/O 20 Xie Shan Sat 5 

Glen Navel 12 1 Nakon Pum 1 Shasta Gold 1 Yellow Gft 1 

Gold Nugget 2 Navel Gft 1 Shiranui 10 Yosemite Gold 1 

Hamlin 4-1 1272 Nectar 5 Siamese Swt Pum 4 Yuzu 3 

Hamlin 8-4 63 Nova 8 Star Ruby Gft 14 

Hamlin 8-5 38 Nules Clem 21 Sugar Belle 1 

Harvey Le 3 Orlando 33 Summerfield Navel 16 

Seed Source Trees in Scion Plantings 

Cultivars and number of trees available for extracting seed 

4,327 

Trees 

Abers S/O 4 Cleopatra 7 82 Ridge Pi 10 Troyer 26 

Benton 424 43 Goutou 3 20 Rough Lemon 

27 US-802 213 

Bittersweet 14 19 K X R 1 199 Rough Lemon 

1 US-812 218 

Bittersweet 

18 Kinkoji 278 Red Smooth Flat 38 US-852 1 8 

400 Carrizo 16 97 Kuharske 10 503 Sour Orange 

346 US-897 301 

Carrizo 330 190 Kuharske 18 73 49 Sour Orange 

6 US-942 65 

Citr C-35 127 Morton 37 50 Sun Chu Sha 48 Volkamer Le 84 

Citr C-35 9 3 P Tri 

11 Sweet Lime 7 X-639 194 

Citrum 80-9 29 Rubidoux P Tri Wacissa 13 Swingle 227 114 

Cleopatra 2 40 Rangpur Li 1 Swingle 55 1032 

The age and condition of the trees will determine amount of seed or budwood available 


10 Chiefland 

Chiefland Budwood Foundation Trees 69,120 Sq. Ft. 

Statistics 2012 2011 2010 

12.9% of propagating material 

Budwood Cut by Quarter 

# Total Trees 1,105 1,160 1,091 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th total 

# Varieties 309 316 299 2007-2008 0 0 6,183 35,038 41,221 

# Clones 390 370 338 2008-2009 18,685 27,764 32,287 54,253 132,989 

# Customers 37 31 36 2009-2010 36,778 40,530 51,742 112,600 241,650 

# FL Nurseries 34 26 29 2010-2011 140,914 45,101 84,119 115,196 385,330 

# Days B/W cut 121 96 78 2011-2012 184,772 69,430 96,519 164,286 515,007 

# B/W cuttings 238 176 185 1,316,197 

First budwood cutting 1/10/2008 

Bud Cutting 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 

# Bud eyes Cut 515,007 385,330 241,650 132,989 41,221 

# Varieties Cut 130 114 125 139 78 

# Clones Cut 150 124 135 145 84 

# Trees Cut 460 441 

% of all budwood originating from CH 12.9 12.1 8.1 3.7 1.2 

% increase of B/W cut from previous year 34 54 82 223 

The bud cut figures from the database may be lower or higher than the figure actually cut from Chiefland. On page 7 the figures are used from the 

database so that the percentages relate to what was actually reported during the fiscal year. Some years Bud Cutting Reports from the previous fiscal year 

were received after the cutoff date and entered into the next year’s database. The Chiefland figures used on this page are the actually number of bud eyes 

cut from Chiefland during that fiscal year. This is why the figure is slightly higher than the number in the database and that is reported on page seven. 

Bud Cutting Reports are normally accepted until July 15, after which the database is closed and any straggler reports are entered into the following year’s 

database. 

Citrus Types represented 

# Trees 

# of different 

selections 

Percent of the 

Repository 

Percent of the Citrus 

Industry acreage 

Sweet Orange 374 92 33.8 Sweet Orange 87.3 

Mandarin 346 111 31.3 Mandarin 3.6 

Grapefruit 96 26 8.7 Grapefruit 9.6 

Lemons & Limes 57 24 5.2 Lemon/Lime .08 

Rootstocks 88 51 8.0 

Others 73 51 6.6 

Pummelo 71 35 6.4 

Primary Function Space Allocation % of B/W cut Size 

A Budwood Cutting 50% 87% 34,560 Sq. Ft. 

B Foundation/Repository 50% 13% 34,560 Sq. Ft. 

Chiefland budwood qualifies for use as increase budwood for up to 36 months. These trees can become qualifying 

scion trees if witnessed by DPI inspectors into an approved structure and tested. 

Revenue collected from foundation budwood sales (does not include Immokalee) 

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 

$119,926.40 $96,052.62 $55,395.71 $28,290.27 $5,017.65 $2,449.76 $5,383.05 $15,647.00 $16,746.06 $18,584.65 $28,649.88 

13.7 (13,779,500) Million Bud Eyes Distributed from Foundation Trees 1959 – 2012 



Citrus Selections at Chiefland 1,105 Trees 

Budwood can only be sold to registered Florida citrus nurseries or citrus research agencies 

Variety / bud eyes cut / number of trees of each selection planted 

Buds Trees Buds Trees Buds Trees Buds Trees 

Abers S/O 0 1 Daisy 20 5 Hamlin USDA 1266 0 1 Limonia 0 1 

Acid Fruit Hyb CREC-840 0 2 Dancy 59 74 3 Hamlin USDA 1612 0 1 Lisbon Le 12 2 

Akcay Sek 0 1 Dancy CREC 32 0 3 Harvey Le 10 3 Long Ft Kum 0 2 

Ambersweet 65 677 3 Delta 0 2 Hesperethus 0 1 Lue Gim Gong 0 1 

Atalantia 0 1 Disticha 0 1 Hirado LS Pum 0 1 Madam Vinous 0 1 

Baboon Le 0 1 Dobashi Sat 0 1 Hirado Pum 460 5 Malayan Kum 0 1 

Bahianinha Navel 0 3 Dream Navel 120 5 Homosassa 0 1 Mandalate 40 1 

Bearss Le 30 7 Duncan Gft 56 0 3 Hong Kong Kum 0 4 Mandarange CREC 17 0 3 

Benton 424 0 1 Duncan Gft 57 80 2 Hudson Gft 0 1 Mandarange CREC 71 0 4 

Bigaradier Apepu S/O 0 1 Dweet Tangor 0 1 Hyuganatsu 0 1 Mandarin 50-34 0 1 

Bittersweet 400 12 2 Early Pride 1,962 6 Ice Tea Lemon CREC-49 0 2 Mandarin CREC 950 0 4 

Bloomsweet Gft 0 1 Earlygold 670 2 Ichang Le 5 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 411 0 4 

Blue Lake Orange 0 1 Ellendale 0 1 Imperial Gft 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 45 0 2 

Bouquet 0 1 Enterprise 0 1 Isle O Pine Gft 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 48 0 2 

Brazilian Le 0 1 Erem X Shek 0 1 Itaborai 6 20 2 Mandarin Hyb CREC 51 0 2 

Brown Select Sat 176 5 Eremocitrus 0 1 Iyo Tangor 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 8 0 2 

Budd Blood 78 3 Escondido Le 0 1 Jackson Gft 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 86 0 3 

Buddhas Hand 7 1 Etrog Citron 0 1 Jaffa 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 900 0 4 

Burgundy Gft 0 1 Eureka Le 0 2 K X R 0 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 916 0 2 

C excelsa 0 1 Eureka Le 404 12 1 Kaffir Lime 262 2 Mandarin Hyb CREC-1543 0 2 

C macrophylla 226 0 1 Eustis Lqt 0 1 Kao Phuang Pum 0 1 Mandarin Mid CREC 711 0 2 

C micrantha 0 1 Everbearing Le 0 1 Kara 0 1 Marisol Clem 30 3 

C neoaurantium 0 1 Fairchild 0 4 Karna 0 1 Marsh Gft 57 6,785 5 

C tachibana 0 1 Fallglo 2,777 3 Kedem 50 5 Marsh Gft 74 1,500 5 

C5282 0 2 Faustrimedin 30 1 Keraji 0 1 Marumi Kum 32 2 

Cadenera 0 1 Fertic Te 20 3 Key Lime 44 4 Mayaca Navel 0 3 

Calamandarin 0 1 Fina Sodea Clem 179 5 Key Lime Thornless 24 1 McCarty Gft 0 1 

Calamondin 54 4 Finger Lime Red 12 3 Khalily 0 1 Med Sweet 0 1 

Cameron Le 0 1 Fisher Navel 14,405 2 Kimbrough Sat 372 2 Meiwa Kum 2,222 6 

Cara Cara Navel 5,756 4 Flame Gft 0 7 King 30 3 Melogold 0 4 

Carrizo 16 440 3 Flying Dragon 75 3 Kinkoji 215 2 Merav 100 5 

Carvalhal 0 1 Fortune 0 1 Kinnow 0 2 Meyer Le 84 3 

Centennial Kum 42 2 Foster Gft 12 1 Kinokuni 0 1 Micro Inodor 0 1 

Changsha 10 1 Fremont 20 1 Kishu Sdless 0 11 Micro Papu 0 1 

Chinese Pum 0 1 Fukumoto Navel 0 2 Kiyomi Tangor 0 1 Midknight 0 4 

Chinotto S/O 10 1 Furr 73 9 Kuharske 10 168 3 Midsweet 71,123 27 

Cipo 0 1 Gardner 0 3 Lakeland Lqt 42 3 Midsweet LS CREC 23 0 4 

Citr C-32 48 1 Giant Finger Lime 290 3 Lane Navel 12 6 Midsweet LS CREC 231 0 4 

Citr C-35 136 1 Giant Key Lime 12 2 Large Pink Pum 0 1 Midsweet LS CREC-124 0 4 

Citrangequat Hyb 0 1 Gillets 0 1 Le Pum 29 0 2 Milam 0 1 

Citron 0 2 Glen Navel 11 10,081 7 Le Pum 32 0 1 Minneola 1,289 5 

Citrum 80-6 0 1 Gold Nugget 532 4 Lee 90 3 Moi 0 1 

Citrum 80-8 0 1 Goutou 3 15 1 Lee X 6-8-7 0 2 Monreal Clem 0 1 

Citrum W-4 0 1 Grapefruit Hyb CREC 1 0 3 Lemonquat 12 1 Moria 100 4 

Clem X Yuzu 4 0 1 Hamlin 4-1 80,236 40 Lemorlime CREC 0 2 Moro B/O 3 132 3 

Clementine 32 1 Hamlin 8-4 14,890 12 Leo X Te 0 1 Moro X TAR 0 1 

Cleopatra 7 22 2 Hamlin 8-5 19,930 11 Liang Pang Pum 0 3 Morton 0 1 

Cocktail Gft 0 1 Hamlin CREC 32 0 4 Lime Hyb CREC-8 0 2 Mott Gft 0 1 

Crassifolia Kum 0 1 Hamlin USDA 1262 0 1 Limeberry 0 1 Murcott 7,233 6 

This facility serves as a repository for valuable citrus germplasm as it is important to protect many different cultivars regardless whether 

there is demand for the budwood. Future citrus breeding may depend on having suitable cultivars for making new hybrids. 



Citrus Selections at Chiefland 309 Varieties / 390 Clones 

Variety / bud eyes cut / number of trees of each selection planted 

Buds Trees Buds Trees Buds Trees Buds Trees 

Murcott LS CREC-19 0 2 Pummelo 4 0 2 Succari 0 1 USDA 4321 0 2 

Nakon Pum 0 3 Pummelo 61 0 1 Sugar Belle 3,650 12 USDA 4630 0 4 

Nansho Daidai 20 1 Pummelo 837 0 3 Summerfield Navel 0 2 USDA 512 0 6 

Nasnaran 0 1 Pummelo Hyb CREC-2 0 2 Sun Chu Sha 12 1 Valencia 10-12-7 0 1 

Natsumikan 0 1 Pummelo Hyb CREC-914 0 2 Sun Hing Pum 0 3 Valencia 12-7 1,060 3 

Naugle Le 0 1 Pummelo Hyb USDA 21 0 3 Sunburst 7,674 5 Valencia 14-19 76,613 36 

Navel Gft 0 2 Queen 25 0 3 Sundiatgo 0 1 Valencia 14-31 10,650 5 

Navelo 0 1 Rangpur Li 20 1 Sunki 0 1 Valencia 51 0 1 

Nectar 50 4 Ray Ruby Gft 47,999 20 Sunquat 0 1 Valencia 55-1 0 1 

Nine Pound Le 0 3 Red Java Pum 0 1 Sunshine 0 1 Valencia 55-23 0 1 

Nippon Oqt 0 1 Red Lime 20 2 Sunstar 0 5 Valencia 55-28 0 1 

Nocatee 0 1 Red Pummelo CREC 5995 0 3 Sweet Lime 0 1 Valencia 55-4 38,895 14 

Norton 0 1 Red Pummelo CREC-512 0 2 Sweet Orange CREC 61 148 4 Valencia CREC 62 0 5 

Nour 0 4 Red Shaddock 0 1 Swingle 55 166 3 Valencia CREC 65 3,175 5 

Nova 382 3 Ridge Pi 0 1 Sydney Hyb 0 2 Valencia CREC-123 0 2 

Nules Clem 520 3 Rio Red Gft 8,150 12 Tahoe Gold 532 3 Valencia CREC-7-10 0 2 

Orangequat Hyb 0 1 Robinson 412 4 Tami 150 6 Valencia Late CREC 1013 0 3 

Orlando 1,207 3 Roble 2,650 6 Tango 725 13 Valencia Late CREC 7-2 0 5 

Oroblanco 0 4 Rohde Red 10 20 1 Tarocco B/O 37 83 1 Valencia Mid CREC 20 252 5 

Orri 7,525 9 Rohde Red 101 0 1 Tavares Lqt 20 3 Valencia Sdless CREC 

0 4 

Ortanique 650 5 Rohde Red 109 12 1 TDE-1 0 3 221 Valenfresh CREC 0 4 

Osceola 0 2 Rohde Red 11 0 1 Te X Or 0 1 Valquarius CREC 2,186 8 

Oval Pink Pum 0 1 Rohde Red 472 2,130 10 Temple 1,692 3 Vangasay Le 0 1 

Owari Sat 25 0 1 Rough Lemon Red 25 2 Temple Sdless 1,185 3 Var Minneola 350 1 

Owari Sat 874 912 5 Round Lime 0 1 Thomasville Citrquat 20 1 Var Pink Lemon 172 5 

P Tri 48 2 Royal Gft 0 1 Thompson Gft 0 4 Var Rough Lemon 0 1 

P Tri Rubidoux 248 1 Ruby Red Gft 18,859 10 Thomson Navel USDA 6 30 1 Var Sour Orange 0 1 

P Tri Wacissa 48 1 Ruby Sweet 10 0 2 Thong Dee Pum 0 1 Varn Navel 0 2 

Page 62 3 Salustiana 0 1 Tresca USDA 0 5 Vernia 15 2,081 4 

Pandan Wangi Pum 0 1 Sampson 0 1 Triumph Gft 0 1 Vernia CREC 110 0 4 

Parson Brown 56 102 3 Sanbokan 0 1 Ugli 62 1 Volkamer Le 12 3 

Parson Special 0 1 Sanguinelli B/O 17 4 Umatilla 0 1 W Murcott 2,442 5 

Pera 3 0 1 Santa Cat Navel 0 1 US-119 0 1 Wampee 0 1 

Pera 800 0 1 Seedless Snack CREC 0 4 US-801 0 2 Wash Navel 18 1,000 4 

Pera 833 0 1 Seedless Surprise Gft Hyb 0 6 US-802 42 5 Wash Navel 19 12 5 

Persian Lime 69 5 Seminole 0 1 US-812 166 5 Wekiwa 20 3 

Pineapple 53 2,000 5 Sexton 0 1 US-852 0 3 Westin 2 50 2 

Pineapple 60 1,832 3 Sha Tian You Pum 0 3 US-896 0 1 White Tangelo 0 1 

Pineapple Sdless 240 5 Shambar Gft 0 1 US-897 170 5 Wild Turkey Navel 0 1 

Pink Pum Hyb 12 1 Shasta Gold 532 4 US-942 70 5 Willits 62 1 

Pink Sensation Pum 0 1 Shekwasha 0 1 USDA 105 0 5 Willowleaf Man 12 1 

Ponderosa Le 22 3 Shiranui 1,220 4 USDA 106 0 8 Willowleaf S/O 0 1 

Ponkan 79 5 Siamese Pink Pum 0 3 USDA 1344 0 2 Winola 0 1 

Pope 0 1 Siamese Pum 0 1 USDA 150 0 2 X-639 167 3 

Procimequat 0 1 Siamese Swt Pum 12 3 USDA 251 0 4 Xie Shan Sat 30 4 

Pummelette CREC 99 0 2 Sinton Citrquat 0 1 USDA 253 0 4 Yosemite Gold 532 3 

Pummelo 145 0 3 Smooth Flat Sev 20 1 USDA 3712 0 2 Yuzu 80 1 

Pummelo 2 0 1 Sour Orange 49 50 2 USDA 4265 0 2 

Pummelo 3 0 2 Star Ruby Gft 6,662 4 USDA 4270 0 2 

Budwood limited in supply is prorated between nurseries. 

Not all trees listed are available for budwood. 

Some varieties are restricted to nurseries with license agreements. 

Budwood is 25 cents per bud eye except for new CGIP releases that are $1 per eye for the 1 st year of release. 


13 Foundation Bud Cutting 

Year 

Chiefland 

Screenhouses 

Immokalee 

Field 

Immokalee 

Field 

Dundee 

Screenhouses 

Dundee 


Florida Citrus 

Arboretum 

Dundee & 

WH Greenhouses 

1st 

Foundation 

Foundation 

Total 

Revenue 

from 

Budwood 1 

1959-1974 1,062,455 1,062,455 

1972-1973 0 0 $7,038.29 

1973-1974 0 0 $72.70 

1974-1975 0 0 0 

1975-1976 0 0 $263.75 

1976-1977 0 0 $147.50 

1977-1978 0 0 $6,695.35 

1978-1979 0 0 0 342,086 10,325 158 2,108 0 354677 $4,262.85 

1979-1980 0 0 0 691,528 21,506 87 1,948 0 715069 $16,212.90 

1980-1981 0 0 0 1,299,253 43,065 206 17,088 0 1359612 $40,488.38 

1981-1982 0 0 0 1,507,348 51,919 1,019 25,922 0 1586208 $77,777.67 

1982-1983 0 0 0 1,254,326 49,610 398 36,223 0 1340557 $86,037.89 

1983-1984 0 0 0 436,626 46,694 183 19,139 0 502642 $36,221.46 

1984-1985 0 0 0 215,212 43,883 0 39,199 0 298294 $11,189.92 

1985-1986 0 0 0 290,794 21,623 0 45,433 0 357850 $23,527.68 

1986-1987 0 0 0 313,410 73,565 7,604 56,190 0 450769 $93,555.15 

1987-1988 0 0 0 226,239 45,269 10,509 78,837 0 360854 $42,575.31 

1988-1989 0 0 0 99,582 38,725 2,695 46,533 0 187535 $15,981.95 

1989-1990 0 0 0 22,119 25,760 4,939 28,053 0 80871 $5,516.98 

1990-1991 0 0 0 34,760 62,375 25,490 46,509 0 169134 $28,929.90 

1991-1992 0 0 19,096 51,360 39,018 34,123 63,141 0 206738 $43,110.87 

1992-1993 0 0 89,717 4,719 48,645 28,541 50,023 0 221645 $18,196.83 

1993-1994 0 0 91,738 5,508 38,793 30,365 56,953 0 223357 $13,941.30 

1994-1995 0 0 92,279 3,506 21,574 5,911 22,537 0 145807 $10,102.10 

1995-1996 0 0 258,185 1,155 49,938 15,279 40,428 0 364985 $11,971.00 

1996-1997 0 0 232,370 932 73,296 8,384 44,106 0 359088 $24,179.27 

1997-1998 0 0 244,609 1,097 76,278 11,816 46,067 0 379867 $18,539.74 

1998-1999 0 0 85,468 2,287 164,539 32,318 84,702 0 369314 $29,809.15 

1999-2000 0 12,410 0 1,259 129,381 33,554 41,370 0 217974 $28,718.40 

2000-2001 0 42,397 0 943 63,342 31,745 20,919 0 159346 $21,423.55 

2001-2002 0 94,535 0 3,328 74,722 33,278 25,735 0 231598 $28,649.88 

2002-2003 0 88,668 0 3,278 98,122 21,990 7,304 0 219362 $18,584.65 

2003-2004 0 71,178 0 3,769 66,423 20,389 140 0 161899 $16,746.06 

2004-2005 0 76,685 0 1,100 42,529 24,711 0 0 145025 $15,647.00 

2005-2006 0 26,071 0 1,405 4,910 14,862 0 0 47248 $5,383.05 

2006-2007 0 165,523 0 154 0 17,581 265 0 183523 $2,449.76 

2007-2008 41,221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41221 $5,017.65 

2008-2009 132,989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132989 $28,290.27 

2009-2010 241,650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 241650 $55,395.71 

2010-2011 385,330 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 385330 $96,053.00 

2011-2012 515,007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 515007 $119,926.40 

Totals 1,316,197 577,467 1,113,462 6,819,083 1,525,829 418,135 946,872 1,062,455 13,779,500 $1,108,631.27 

Revenue from budwood sales does not include Immokalee Foundation. Dundee Foundation figures include WHTP, foundation nursery, barn area 

and all F/blocks. After 1992 most of the budwood coming from the field at Dundee was seed source varieties 

1 Figures from original receipt ledger books 

Total budwood cut from original Foundation Grove north of Haines City (1959–1974) 1,062,455 bud eyes. 

1986-7 Revenue Includes 60,000 Ray Ruby eyes distributed at $1 per bud eye. 

Whitmore greenhouse budwood cut is included in Dundee & WH Greenhouse totals; 28 eyes in 2003-4, 22 eyes in 2004-5, 20 eyes in 2005-6. 

Initially budwood was limited to 25 eyes per clone and there was no charge for budwood. 

5 cents per bud eye – prior to 1982 (no charge for budwood to start scion trees) 

7 cents per bud eye March 1982 (no charge for budwood to start scion trees) 

10 cents per bud eye January 1986 

15 cents per bud eye August 1991 

25 cents per bud eye 1996 

$1 per bud eye for new releases thru CGIP 

$2 per bud eye for exports out-of-state 

13.7 million bud eyes distributed from Foundation Trees 1959 – 2012

14 Bud Cutting 

Nursery Budwood Cutting by Month (does not include Chiefland) 

Chiefland Budwood Cutting by Month 

Nursery Budwood Sources 

2012 


15 Lab Report 

Dr. Peggy Sieburth, Biological Scientist IV 

This year key accomplishments continue to include training new personnel and testing the usual large volume of 

samples, working with large numbers of incoming parent tree candidates needing shoot-tip grafting (STGing) and 

participating in the Citrus Clean Plant Network. 

No major changes were made to the testing part of the program as we strived to continue to provide a high level of 

service to the industry. We matched last year’s number of seventy-two new entries into the Parent Tree Indexing 

Program. We were able to release 10 more parents and/or STGed selections this year (compared to last year) as a 

result of previous improvements to the program. For the very first time we have cleared our backlog as all the 138 

selections undergoing parent tree indexing are actively being pushed through some part of the program. The 

presence of viroids in the original parent adds about another year to the clean-up process; nine of those currently 

being worked on were entered with viroids. 

Grant money for the second year from the Citrus Clean Plant Network (Farm Bill) continues to make a huge 

positive impact on our program. Greenhouse improvements to date include: hard sides replace screening to reduce 

canker risk, enclosed walkway with one positive pressure double entryway, increased circulation and temperature 

control with more fans and cooling pads, double wall polycarbonate replacing a glass side on one of the indexing 

houses, enlarged covered pot washing area, and a back-up generator so that in the event of a power outage, tighter 

greenhouses would not overheat. We continue to appreciate that we have enough room at the Winter Haven 

greenhouses for propagation, biological indexing and raising seedlings in support of the Parent Tree Indexing 

Program. 

In the laboratory, an Apricot liquid handling system is our initial piece of robotic equipment. More has been 

ordered and is on the way. This equipment will increase our precision and reduce hand strain. The new milestone 

in the STGing program was completing the cleanup of a breeder’s selection that went perfectly at every step and 

was finished in just under one year (when the average time has been closer to two years). 

With the turnover and hiring of a Biological Scientist III in the laboratory for a second year in a row, getting back 

into a regular routine which incorporates the new robotic equipment will be the goal for the following year. 

Pathogen Testing (Florida’s Budwood Program) 

Scion/Foundation/Parent Source Tree testing Tests run 

Pathogen Tested Test Type Frequency 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 

HLB qPCR Annual 6,481 7,348 8,558 8,982 10,198 

Tristeza qPCR Annual 7,554 7,744 8,821 6,149 3,918 

Biological New introductions 58 126 48 24 0 

Psorosis 

qPCR Every 6 years 1,589 1,713 2,468 527 945 

Tatter Leaf* qPCR Every 6 years 1,970 4,546 7,583 267 0 

Leaf Blotch* 

Viroids 

qPCR Every 6 years 1,970 4,546 2,601 7,600 988 

CEVd, CVd I, 

III, IV, V Biological New introductions 83 89 87 1 57 

CVd I – V, 

CEVd qPCR Every 6 years 8,255 9,953 14,133 9,568 17,517 

* Seed Source every 3 years 

Total 27,960 36,065 44,299 33,118 33,623 


16 New Florida Parent Candidates 

Parents Selected or Breed in Florida 

Year Candidates Entered Parents Released Cultivars being Shoot-tip Grafted* 

2012 72 61 138 

2011 72 51 119 

2010 34 48 107 

2009 24 27 99 

2008 16 14 111 

*The number includes some DPI selections also being shoot-tip grafted to remove tristeza virus. (not considered new entries) 

Entries by 

Agency 

2012 2011 

IFAS CREC 30 32 

IFAS Gainesville 4 10 

USDA 24 0 

Bureau/Participant 3 2 

Private/ Proprietary 11 28 

138 different cultivars are 

currently being shoot-tip 

grafted 

Parent Trees 

Parent trees are unique germplasm belonging to a nurseryman, grower, or breeder, or on property that the 

owner has given written permission to a nurseryman and the department for access for observation, testing, 

and shoot-tip grafting. Parent trees are not used as a source of budwood for nursery trees; they only supply 

the initial material that is shoot-tip grafted to become a registered clonal selection. 

The process of selection of superior budlines helped the citrus industry expand with new plantings of uniform 

fruit and uniform crops of high yield and quality. A simplification of the selection process is basically the 

“elimination of undesirable characteristics and increasing the desirable characteristics” of a variety. Many of 

the Valencias, grown before the budwood program helped standardize the variety, were a hodge-podge of 

many different named types and seedling selections. A high percentage of these late varieties as a group had 

a tendency towards bud-mutations along with carrying viruses and not yielding the volume of fruit that was 

possible. Other commercial varieties likewise were improved through the selection of standardized true-totype 

varieties and the subsequent improvement in yields and fruit quality. Bud improvement through 

selection, along with pathogen removal gave the grower a double bang for their buck, exponentially 

increasing production and tree survivability. 


17 Parent Tree Introductions 

2012 Parent Candidate Selections Released (61) 

Cultivar 

Entry Date CH Cultivar 

Entry Date CH Cultivar 

Entry Date CH 

Acid Fruit Hyb CREC 840 11/4/2010 2 Lemon Hyb CREC 416 5/17/2011 Rohde Red 11 1/1/2009 

Akcay Sek 1/2/2009 Lemorlime CREC 9/16/2010 2 Rosa CREC 5/10/2010 

Barao CREC 5/10/2010 Lime Hyb CREC 8 9/29/2010 2 Sanguinello Riccio CREC 5/10/2010 

Buddha Hand 1/1/2009 1 Mandarin Hyb CREC 1543 11/19/2010 2 Seleta Agrocitros CREC 5/10/2010 

C latipes 203-12 10/1/2009 Micro Inodor 1/2/2009 Seleta Branca CREC 5/10/2010 

Cameron Le 12/29/2006 Midsweet LS CREC 124 11/3/2009 4 Serra D Agua CREC 5/10/2010 

Changsha 1/2/2009 1 Midsweet LS CREC 23 5/24/2010 4 SGR 1/2/2009 

Citron 1/2/2009 Mott Gft 1/1/2009 Sun Chu Sha 3/14/2011 

Clem X Yuzu 2 1/2/2009 Murcott LS CREC 19 7/15/2010 2 Sweet Orange IFAS-9901 10/7/2010 

Duncan Gft 228 3/11/2010 Nagami Kum 1/2/2009 Tetrazyg RS CREC-0009 6/22/2011 

Escondido Le 1/1/2009 Nasnaran 1/2/2009 1 Valencia 10-12-7 1/1/2009 

Folha Murcha CREC 5/10/2010 Nippon Oqt 1/1/2009 Valencia CREC 123 10/6/2009 2 

Grapefruit CREC-0003 5/24/2011 Nordmann Kum 1/2/2009 Valencia CREC 7-10 5/18/2010 2 

Grapefruit IFAS-0002 10/7/2010 Pummelette CREC 99 5/11/2010 2 Valencia Late CREC 1013 10/20/2009 3 

Homosassa 1/2/2009 Pummelo 4 1/28/2009 WG Mandarin B-23 4/12/2010 

Hudson Gft 1/1/2009 Pummelo Hyb CREC 2 6/7/2010 2 WG Mandarin B-24 4/12/2010 

Iapar 73 CREC 5/10/2010 Pummelo Hyb CREC 914 6/7/2010 2 WG Mandarin B-27 10/6/2010 

Ice Tea Lemon CREC-49 11/28/2010 2 Pummelo Hyb CREC-0004 5/24/2011 WG Mandarin B-31 10/6/2010 

Jin Cheng CREC 175 5/10/2010 Red Pummelo CREC 512 11/29/2010 2 Yuzu 6/2/2006 

Kinokuni 1/2/2009 Rohde Red 101 1/1/2009 

Lee 1/1/2009 Rohde Red 109 1/1/2009 

2012 New Florida Parent Candidates Entries (72) 

Cultivar Entered by Cultivar Entered by Cultivar Entered by 

C-146 CREC-0026 CREC Mandarin Hyb DPI-451-11-10 UF-G-ville Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-1643 USDA 

C-22 Bitters DPI-442-0023 CREC Mandarin Hyb DPI-846-2448 USDA Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-168 USDA 

C-54 Carpenter DPI-442-0024 CREC Mandarin Hyb DPI-846-544 USDA Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-1716 USDA 

C-57 Furr DPI-442-0025 CREC Mandarin Hyb DPI-846-842 USDA Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-1728 USDA 

Cara Blush 941-4 Participant Mandarin Hyb DPI-847-3243 USDA Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-1748 USDA 

Changsha + Benton DPI-435-0034 CREC Mandarin Hyb DPI-847-3267 USDA Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-6172 USDA 

Finger Lime DPI-205-1 Bureau Mandarin Hyb DPI-847-57105 USDA Red Grapefruit DPI-435-0040 CREC 

Garrett B/O DPI-666-1 Private Mandarin Hyb DPI-847-6377 USDA Red Grapefruit DPI-435-0041 CREC 

Garrett B/O DPI-666-3 Private Mandarin Hyb DPI-847-6385 USDA Sweet Orange DPI-435-0037 CREC 

Grapefruit Hyb DPI-847-3227 USDA Orange Hyb DPI-847-4996 USDA Sweet Orange DPI-435-0038 CREC 

Grapefruit Pink DPI-847-2651 USDA Orange Hyb DPI-847-5113 USDA Tetrazyg RS DPI-435-0032 CREC 

Lemon Hyb DPI-435-0030 CREC Orange Hyb DPI-847-6555 USDA Tetrazyg RS DPI-435-0033 CREC 

Lime Hyb DPI-435-0027 CREC Orange Hyb DPI-847-7555 USDA Tetrazyg RS DPI-435-0035 CREC 

Lime Hyb DPI-435-0031 CREC Orange Hyb DPI-847-7652 USDA Tetrazyg RS DPI-435-0036 CREC 

Loretto Lime 874-1 Participant Orange Hyb DPI-847-7652 USDA Valencia Jenner DPI-443-0042 CREC 

Mandarin DPI-434-0013 CREC Ortanique LS DPI-847-1589 USDA WG Mandarin 911-B-26 Private 

Mandarin DPI-434-0014 CREC Pink Grapefruit DPI-435-0039 CREC WG Mandarin 911-B-37 A Private 

Mandarin DPI-434-0019 CREC Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0015 CREC WG Mandarin 911-B-46 Private 

Mandarin DPI-434-0022 CREC Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0016 CREC WG Mandarin 911-B-47 Private 

Mandarin Hyb DPI-435-0028 CREC Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0017 CREC WG Mandarin 911-C-18 Private 

Mandarin Hyb DPI-435-0029 CREC Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0018 CREC WG Mandarin 911-C-06 Private 

Mandarin Hyb DPI-451-11-01 UF-G-ville Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0020 CREC WG Mandarin 911-D-04 Private 

Mandarin Hyb DPI-451-11-02 UF-G-ville Pummelo Hyb DPI-434-0021 CREC WG Mandarin 911-E-22 Private 

Mandarin Hyb DPI-451-11-08 UF-G-ville Pummelo Hyb DPI-847-1629 USDA WG Mandarin 911-E-25 Private 

Bureau - existing clonal selections being shoot-tip grafted to remove mild tristeza strains 

Participant - entered by program participant 

Private - private individual or company (selection returned to owner once competed) 

CH - number of trees of each selection planted at the Chiefland Foundation 


18 Introductions from Outside Florida (CGIP) 

Varieties undergoing pathogen indexing at Gainesville 

Cambria Navel CGIP-179 NV (South Africa) Minneola 4N CGIP-162 BP (Australia) Setoka Mandarin CGIP-187 NV (Japan) 

Citrus Latipes CGIP-184 Natal Sweet Orange CGIP-138 (Brazil) Sukega Grapefruit CGIP-182 

Clementine Haploid CGIP-180 BP (Spain) Pixie Mandarin CGIP-181 NR (CA) Taylor Lee LS CGIP-185(Australia) 

Dalandan Grapefruit CGIP-167 (Argentina) Pummelo A 4N CGIP-169 BP (Australia) Texas Transgenic Citrus CGIP-171-8 

Eloise Murcott CGIP-155 (Australia) Pummelo B4N CGIP-170 BP (Australia) Wheeny Grapefruit CGIP-183 

Mandared Mandarin CGIP-166 (Sicily) R, NV Ryan Navel CGIP-186 (Australia) 

Varieties on list to introduce (Approved by the Citrus Budwood Technical Advisory Committee for introduction) 

Alkantara Mandarin CGIP-188 (CA) Chislett Late Navel CGIP-190 (CA) M-7 Early Navel CGIP-194 

Amigo Mandarin (Unavailable) Daisy SL Mandarin CGIP-191 Nova Mandarin Irradiated CGIP-200 

Atwood Navel Imperial 4N Grapefruit CGIP-192 (CA) Rainforest Pear Finger lime 

Avana 4N CGIP-189 (Sicily) Kankitsu Chukanbohon Nou 5 Gou Ruby Valencia CGIP-195 (South Africa) 

Beck Navel Kankitsu Chukanbohon Nou 6 Gou Sunset Man CGIP-157 (Unavailable) 

Byron Sunrise Finger lime Kinnow CGIP-193, LS Mandarin (CA) 

Historical list of varieties released thru CGIP 

Variety Release Status Variety Release Status 

Cara Cara Navel CGIP-104 6/1/1987 NR Moria Murcott CGIP-164 (Israel) 8/11/2011 R, Z 

C5282 Mandarin CGIP-153 (Sicily) 

BP Citrus sp. To USDA CGIP-131* 

7/1/2010 

4/10/2003 

R,CREC 

BP 

Murcott 4N CGIP-161 * (Australia) 2010 

Nectar CGIP-148 (Israel) 1/12/2009 

BP 

R, Z 

Clementine Fina Sodea CGIP-123 9/20/1999 NR Nepal Lemons 4CGIP-127-130 * 2003 BP 

Clementine Marisol CGIP-124 11/18/2003 NR Nour Mandarin CGIP-149 NR, CH, UR 

Clementine Monreal CGIP-109 3/27/1986 BP Oroblanco CGIP-111 5/18/1992 NR 

Clementine Nules CGIP-125 11/18/2003 NR Orri Mandarin CGIP-134 (Israel) 4/21/2006 R, Z 

Daisy Mandarin CGIP-120 8/25/1997 NR Ota CGIP-160 * 7/1/2010 R, BP 

Delta Valencia CGIP-118 5/14/1996 NR Parsons Special CGIP-101 1977 NR 

Ellendale Tangor CGIP-84 1986 NR Ray Ruby Grapefruit CGIP-103 6/13/1986 NR 

Etrog Citron CGIP-102 1979 NR Rio Red Grapefruit CGIP-110 3/6/1991 NR 

Fisher Navel CGIP-135 1/27/2011 NR Sha Tian You CGIP-126 2003 NR 

Fortunella Crassifolia CGIP-105 1987 NR Shaddette CGIP-114-17 * 1999 BP 

Fukumoto Navel CGIP-133 1/24/2011 NR Shasta Gold CGIP-159 (CA) 8/14/2009 R, NV 

Gold Nugget Man CGIP-139 (CA) 8/14/2009 R, NV Shiranui Hybrid CGIP-132 5/29/2009 FL, Trial 

Hudson Grapefruit CGIP-150 4N * 2010 BP Star Ruby Grapefruit CGIP-60 1977 NR 

Imperial Grapefruit CGIP-151 (CA) 2008 NR Tahoe Gold CGIP-140 (CA) 8/14/2009 R,NV 

Kedem CGIP-147 (Israel) 1/12/2009 R, Z Tami CGIP-145 (Israel) 8/18/2008 R, Z 

Kimbrough Satsuma CGIP-108 4/90 NR Tango CGIP-168 (CA) 8/14/2009 R, NV 

Kishu Seedless CGIP-137 3/1/09 BCR NR TDE 1 CGIP-158 (CA) 2008 R 

Kiyomi Tangor CGIP-136 Unreleased NR, CH 07 Tetraploid Clementine CGIP-143 * 2009 BP 

Lane Late Navel CGIP-121 2/12/2001 NR W Murcott CGIP-122 9/20/1999 NR 

Mandalate Tango CGIP-154 (Sicily) 4/19/2011 R, NV, BP Winola Mandarin CGIP-165 (Israel) 12/26/2010 R, Z 

Melogold Pummelo CGIP-112 5/18/1992 NR Xie Shan Satsuma CGIP-163 2/5/2008 NR 

Merav CGIP-146 (Israel) 1/12/2009 R, Z Yosemite Gold CGIP-141 (CA) 8/14/2009 R, NV 

Midknight Valencia CGIP-119 8/25/1997 NR Moria Murcott CGIP-164 (Israel) 8/11/2011 R, Z 

It is illegal to bring budwood into Florida without approval of the Citrus Budwood Technical Advisory Committee for introduction into the Division of Plant Industry 

quarantine greenhouses located at Gainesville. 

CGIP = Citrus Germplasm Introduction Program (Gainesville) 

* = Not maintained at Chiefland 

BP = Breeding Parents exclusively for breeding programs 

Date = Date released, 1st B/W cut or sent to Chiefland 

NV = New Varieties Development & Management Corp. 

NR= Not Restricted 

R = Restricted 

Z = Zakai Agricultural Know How and Inputs 


19 Florida Breeding Program Releases 

Variety 

Date 

Released 

Propagation 

Restricted 

Status or Licensee 

University of Florida Varietal Releases 

Earlygold DPI-441 1999 No 

Rough Lemon Estes SPB-602-1 10/06/1997 No 

Itaborai DPI-441 1999 No 

Milam SPB-402 1964 No 

Ridge Pi SPB-602 1964 No 

Ruby Sweet (35) DPI-441 1999 No 

Sugar Belle DPI-434 2009 Yes NVDMC 

Valquarius DPI-435-1462 2009 Yes NVDMC 

Vernia DPI-441 1999 No 

Westin DPI-441 1999 No 

USDA Varietal Releases 

Ambersweet DPI-817 1/26/1989 No 

Centennial Kumquat DPI-833-3 1993 No 

Early Pride DPI-846-122 9/24/2009 Yes NVDMC 

Fallglo DPI-817 5/20/1987 No 

Flame Grapefruit DPI-800 7/13/1987 No 

Gardner DPI-800 9/18/1987 No 

Giant Key Lime DPI-839-1 1994 No 

Lee SPB-800-56 1959 No 

Midsweet DPI-800 9/18/1987 No 

Nova SPB-800-41 10/26/1964 No 

Osceola SPB-800-58 1959 No 

Page SPB-800-2 1963 No 

Pineapple Seedless DPI-842-30 1/27/2009 No 

Pummelo DPI-839-145 1994 No Breeding Parent 

Robinson SPB-800-3 1959 No 

Seedless Surprise DPI-842-2 2009 Yes NVDMC 

Sun Chu Sha DPI-814 12/13/1988 No 

Sunburst DPI-800-5 1979 No 

Sunstar DPI-800 9/18/1987 No 

Swingle DPI-814-55 4/01/1974 No 

US-119 1989 No 

US-802 Rootstock 2007 No 





NVDMC = New Varieties Development & Management Corp. 


20 Most Popular 

Top 25 

Varieties 

Top 25 

Clones 

Top 22 

Rootstocks 

1 Hamlin 1,364,917 1 Hamlin 4-1 1,183,115 1 Swingle 1,458,695 

2 Valencia 1,346,409 2 Valencia 14-19 772,987 2 Kuharske 680,088 

3 Midsweet 296,347 3 Valencia 55-4 346,508 3 Sour Orange 317,628 

4 Ray Ruby Gft 180,462 4 Midsweet 296,347 4 Carrizo 312,141 

5 Navel 118,916 5 Valencia 14-31 184,573 5 X-639 299,971 

6 Ruby Red Gft 107,863 6 Ray Ruby Gft 180,462 6 Volkamer 177,556 

7 Flame Gft 45,417 7 Hamlin 8-4 114,326 7 Cleopatra 131,760 

8 Orri 38,731 8 Ruby Red Gft 107,863 8 US-802 121,375 

9 Tango 35,138 9 Glen Navel 11 69,552 9 US-812 117,347 

10 Meyer Le 28,774 10 Hamlin 8-5 67,476 10 Kinkoji 104,162 

11 Sunburst 28,637 11 Flame Gft 45,417 11 US-897 73,220 

12 Minneola 25,949 12 Orri 38,731 12 US-942 38,489 

13 WG Mandarin 23,769 13 Tango 35,138 13 Sun Chu Sha 32,508 

14 Murcott 23,083 14 Meyer Le 28,774 14 Rough Lemon 20,045 

15 Owari Sat 16,738 15 Sunburst 28,637 15 Research Stock 15,250 

16 Fallglo 16,460 16 Minneola 25,949 16 Smooth Flat Sev 13,150 

17 Rio Red Gft 16,310 17 Cara Cara Navel 23,735 17 C-35 Citrange 12,528 

18 Rohde Red 16,002 18 Murcott 23,083 18 Flying Dragon 9,482 

19 Persian Lime 11,725 19 Valencia 55-1 19,800 19 Pon trifoliata 3,454 

20 Lakeland Lqt 11,558 20 Summerfield Nav 17,580 20 Murcott 1,000 

21 Marsh Gft 11,007 21 Fallglo 16,460 21 Ridge Pineapple 700 

22 Ponkan 9,393 22 Rio Red Gft 16,310 22 Orlando 500 

23 Meiwa Kum 9,073 23 Rohde Red 472 15,970 

24 Long Ft Kum 8,200 24 Owari Sat 23 15,415 

25 Dancy 8,082 25 Valencia 55-23 13,000 

Top 5 Varieties account for 84% of nursery propagations 

Top 10 Varieties account for 90% of nursery propagations 

Hamlin and Valencia are consistently the top varieties propagated and planted in Florida. Midsweet has 

been the top midseason variety for some time and is the third most popular variety planted. The 

traditional top three mandarin varieties (Sunburst, Minneola, Murcott) have lost their place to Orri and 

Tango this year. 


21 Dooryard Citrus Varieties 

5 nurseries reported making dooryard propagations 

The 239,940 dooryard propagations reported represent 6% of total nursery propagations. 

Other nurseries are propagating obvious dooryard varieties but reporting the propagations as commercial. In those cases 

the propagations are not listed below but are tallied as commercial. Taking this into account it is estimated that between 6 

and 12 % of total nursery propagations are sold as dooryard trees. 

1 Navel 31,886 30 Var Pink Lemon 1,706 59 Xie Shan Sat 30 

2 Meyer Le 21,183 31 Ambersweet 1,645 60 Fina Sodea Clem 20 

3 Minneola 15,890 32 Marumi Kumquat 1,632 61 Fallglo 20 

4 Owari Sat 15,477 33 Duncan Gft 1,564 62 Wekiwa 20 

5 Valencia 15,424 34 Red Lime 1,520 63 Daisy 20 

6 Lakeland Lqt 11,498 35 Marsh Gft 1,502 64 Fremont 20 

7 Hamlin 10,600 36 Var Minneola 1,500 65 Earlygold 20 

8 Ray Ruby Gft 9,300 37 King 1,470 66 Sour Orange 20 

9 Long Ft Kum 8,200 38 Ortanique 1,440 67 Rangpur Li 20 

10 Ponkan 7,440 39 Nagami Kum 900 68 Rio Red Gft 20 

11 Dancy 7,375 40 Rohde Red 528 69 Nules Clem 20 

12 Flame Gft 7,066 41 Kimbrough Sat 475 70 Nansho Daidai 20 

13 Ruby Red Gft 6,817 42 Clementine 263 71 Yuzu 20 

14 Blood Orange 6,765 43 Giant Finger Lime 255 72 Smooth Flat Sev 20 

15 Persian Lime 4,751 44 Willowleaf Man 234 73 Ugli 20 

16 Sunburst 3,983 45 Bearss Le 230 74 Tavares Lqt 20 

17 Eureka Le 3,749 46 Marisol Clem 130 75 Thomasville Citrquat 20 

18 Page 3,638 47 Parson Brown 101 76 Itaborai 20 

19 Hirado Pum 3,528 48 Pineapple 99 77 Ichang Le 20 

20 W Murcott 3,500 49 Changsha 90 78 Lisbon Le 12 

21 Key Lime 3,422 50 Thompson Gft 76 79 Ponderosa Le 12 

22 Meiwa Kum 3,372 51 Finger Lime Red 55 80 Key Lime Thornless 12 

23 Orlando 3,267 52 Brown Select Sat 51 81 Midsweet 12 

24 Temple 3,012 53 Siamese Swt Pum 50 82 Foster Gft 12 

25 Shiranui 2,960 54 Pineapple Sdless 50 83 Pink Pum Hyb 12 

26 Kaffir Lime 2,093 55 Harvey Le 40 84 Star Ruby Gft 12 

27 Murcott 2,071 56 Nova 32 85 Chinotto S/O 10 

28 Calamondin 1,754 57 Robinson 32 86 Buddha Hand 7 

29 Centennial Kum 1,728 58 Lee 30 239,940 


22 Nursery Propagations 

By Type 

By Variety Sweet by Season 

Sweet Orange Grapefruit Mandarin 


Navel 

Midseason 

Blood 

Late 

Early 

23 SWEET ORANGES 

Nursery Propagations Percent of 

VARIETY/CLONE 2012 Type 

Sweet 

Oranges 


Total 

Nursery 

Ambersweet 14 1,440 0.10 0.05 0.04 

Ambersweet 65 920 0.07 0.03 0.02 

Earlygold 3,933 0.29 0.12 0.10 

Hamlin 4-1 1,183,115 85.93 37.29 30.02 

Hamlin 8-4 114,326 8.30 3.60 2.90 

Hamlin 8-5 67,476 4.90 2.13 1.71 

Itaborai 6 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Parson Brown 56 186 0.01 0.01 0.00 

Roble 4,407 0.32 0.14 0.11 

Percent Selected Rootstock Use 

Early-Season 

1,376,773 

34.4% of Oranges 

Westin 2 950 0.07 0.03 0.02 SWG KUH CAR X-639 

Early Season Totals 1,376,773 100.00 43.39 34.93 45.9% 19.6% 9.9% 9.2% 

Cara Cara Navel 23,735 19.96 0.75 0.60 

Dream Navel 450 0.38 0.01 0.01 

Fisher Navel 12 0.01 0.00 0.00 

Glen Navel 11 69,552 58.49 2.19 1.76 

Glen Navel 12 630 0.53 0.02 0.02 

Summerfield Navel 17,580 14.78 0.55 0.45 

Thomson Navel USDA-6 30 0.03 0.00 0.00 

Wash Navel 18 5,541 4.66 0.17 0.14 

Wash Navel 19 397 0.33 0.01 0.01 

Wild Turkey Navel 527 0.44 0.02 0.01 

Navels 

118,916 


Lane Navel 462 0.39 0.01 0.01 SWG KUH CAR X-639 

Navel Totals 118,916 100.00 3.75 3.02 61.4% 3.4% 5.1% 1.4% 

Midsweet 296,347 96.90 9.34 7.52 

Pineapple 27 60 0.02 0.00 0.00 

Pineapple 53 2,000 0.65 0.06 0.05 

Pineapple 60 1,919 0.63 0.06 0.05 

Pineapple Sdless 270 0.09 0.01 0.01 

Valencia Mid CREC-20 252 0.08 0.01 0.01 

Midseason 

191,566 


Valquarius CREC 2,186 0.71 0.07 0.06 

Vernia 15 2,786 0.91 0.09 0.07 SWG KUH CAR X-639 

Midseason Totals 305,820 100.00 9.64 7.76 29.7% 12.7% 0.9% 14.7% 

Budd Blood 593 7.83 0.02 0.02 Blood Oranges 

Moro B/O 3 

Moro B/O 50 

132 

3,427 

1.74 

45.26 

0.00 

0.11 

0.00 

0.09 

7,571 

.2% of Oranges 

Sanguinelli B/O 3,291 43.47 0.10 0.08 

Tarocco B/O 37 128 1.69 0.00 0.00 SWG KUH CAR X-639 

Blood Orange Totals 7,571 100.00 0.24 0.19 90.8% 1.0% 3.5% 0% 

Folha Murcha CREC 420 0.03 0.01 0.01 

Lue Gim Gong 90 0.01 0.00 0.00 

Rohde Red 10 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Rohde Red 109 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Rohde Red 472 15,970 1.17 0.50 0.41 

Sweet Orange CREC-61 398 0.03 0.01 0.01 

Valencia 12-7 1,060 0.08 0.03 0.03 

Valencia 14-19 772,987 56.68 24.36 19.61 

Valencia 14-31 184,573 13.53 5.82 4.68 

Valencia 18-31 5,306 0.39 0.17 0.13 

Valencia 55-1 19,800 1.45 0.62 0.50 

Valencia 55-23 13,000 0.95 0.41 0.33 

Valencia 55-4 346,508 25.41 10.92 8.79 

Late-Season 

1,363,886 


Valencia CREC-65 3,175 0.23 0.10 0.08 

Valencia Navel 522 567 0.04 0.02 0.01 SWG KUH CAR X-639 

Late Season Totals 1,363,886 100.00 42.98 34.61 36.2% 23.3% 10.3% 6.5% 

Total Sweet Orange 3,172,966 100.00 80.51 40.3% 23.5% 9.2% 8.6%

24 Citrus Nursery Propagations 2012 (Alphabetical) 

Mandarin # 

% 


% Total 

Nursery 

Grapefruit # 

% 

Grapefruit 


% Total 

Nursery 

1 Brown Select Sat 1,945 0.7 0.049 1 Duncan Gft 1,867 0.50 0.05 

2 Calamondin 2,030 0.7 0.052 2 Flame Gft 45,417 12.28 1.15 

3 Clementine 263 0.1 0.007 3 Foster Gft 12 0.003 0.000 

4 Daisy 

5 Dancy 

6 Early Pride 

7 Fallglo 

8 Fertic Te 

9 Fina Sodea Clem 

10 Fremont 

11 Furr 

12 Gold Nugget 

13 Kedem 

14 Kimbrough Sat 

15 King 

16 Lee 

17 Mandalate 

18 Marisol Clem 

19 Merav 

20 Minneola 

21 Moria 

22 Murcott 

23 Nectar 

24 Nova 

25 Nules Clem 

26 Orlando 

27 Orri 

28 Ortanique 

29 Owari Sat 

30 Page 

31 Ponkan 

32 Robinson 

33 Shasta Gold 

34 Shiranui 

35 Sugar Belle 

36 Sunburst 

37 Tahoe Gold 

38 Tami 

39 Tango 

40 Temple 

41 Temple Sdless 

42 Ugli 

43 Var Minneola 

44 W Murcott 

45 Wekiwa 

46 WG Mandarin 

47 Willowleaf Man 

48 Winola 

49 Xie Shan Sat 

50 Yosemite Gold 

Total Mandarins 

20 

8,082 

4,812 

16,460 

30 

403 

211 

73 

532 

50 

815 

1,470 

90 

40 

130 

100 

25,949 

972 

23,083 

3,810 

436 

678 

6,258 

38,731 

2,090 

16,738 

5,040 

9,393 

472 

532 

6,100 

3,650 

28,637 

532 

150 

35,138 

5,877 

1,679 

62 

1,850 

6,982 

146 

23,769 

234 

672 

30 

532 

287,778 

0.0 

2.8 

1.7 

5.7 

0.0 

0.1 

0.1 

0.0 

0.2 

0.0 

0.3 

0.5 

0.03 

0.01 

0.05 

0.03 

9.0 

0.3 

8.0 

1.3 

0.2 

0.2 

2.2 

13.5 

0.7 

5.8 

1.8 

3.3 

0.2 

0.2 

2.1 

1.3 

10.0 

0.2 

0.1 

12.2 

2.0 

0.6 

0.02 

0.6 

2.4 

0.1 

8.3 

0.1 

0.2 

0.01 

0.2 

100 

0.001 

0.205 

0.122 

0.418 

0.001 

0.010 

0.005 

0.002 

0.013 

0.001 

0.021 

0.037 

0.002 

0.001 

0.003 

0.003 

0.658 

0.025 

0.586 

0.097 

0.011 

0.017 

0.159 

0.983 

0.053 

0.425 

0.128 

0.238 

0.012 

0.013 

0.155 

0.093 

0.727 

0.013 

0.004 

0.892 

0.149 

0.043 

0.002 

0.047 

0.177 

0.004 

0.603 

0.006 

0.017 

0.001 

0.013 

7.3 

4 Marsh Gft 

5 Ray Ruby Gft 

6 Rio Red Gft 

7 Royal Gft 

8 Ruby Red Gft 

9 Star Ruby Gft 

10 Thompson Gft 

Total Grapefruits 

Kumquat 

1 Centennial Kum 

2 Long Ft Kum 

3 Marumi Kumquat 

4 Meiwa Kum 

5 Nagami Kum 

Total Kumquats 

Lemon & Lime 

1 Baboon Le 

2 Bearss Le 

3 Eureka Le 

4 Giant Key Lime 

5 Harvey Le 

6 Key Lime 

7 Key Lime Thornless 

8 Lisbon Le 

9 Meyer Le 

10 Persian Lime 

11 Ponderosa Le 

12 Red Lime 

13 Var Pink Lemon 

14 Verna Le 

Total Lemons & Limes 

Pummelo 

1 Hirado LS Pum 

2 Hirado Pum 

3 Liang Pang Pum 

4 Pink Pum Hyb 

5 Siamese Swt Pum 

Total Pummelos 

11,007 

180,462 

16,310 

158 

107,863 

6,662 

166 

369,924 

# 

1,728 

8,200 

1,632 

9,073 

2,138 

22,771 

# 

24 

1,304 

4,508 

12 

716 

7,428 

154 

292 

28,774 

11,725 

156 

1,520 

1,866 

450 

58,929 

# 

180 

6,863 

45 

12 

251 

7,351 

2.98 

48.78 

4.41 

0.04 

29.16 

1.80 

0.04 

100 

% 

Kumquat 

Kumquat 7.6 

36.0 

7.2 

39.8 

9.4 

100 

% 

Le/ Li 

0.04 

2.21 

7.65 

0.02 

1.22 

12.60 

0.26 

0.50 

48.83 

19.90 

0.26 

2.58 

3.17 

0.76 

100 

% 

Pummelo 

2.45 

93.36 

0.61 

0.16 

3.41 

100 

0.28 3 

4.58 

0.41 

0.00 

2.74 

0.17 

0.004 

9.39 

% Total 

Nursery 

0.044 

0.208 

0.041 

0.230 

0.054 

0.578 

% Total 

Nursery 

0.041 

0.033 

0.114 

0.000 

0.018 

0.188 

0.004 

0.007 

0.730 

0.298 

0.004 

0.039 

0.047 

0.011 

1.495 

% Total 

Nursery 

0.005 

0.174 

0.001 

0.000 

0.006 

0.187

25 Rootstocks 

Rootstock # % 

1 Swingle 1,458,6 

2 Kuharske 680,08 95 17.3 

3 Sour Orange 317,628 

4 Carrizo 312,148 

7.9 

5 X-639 299,971 

7.6 

6 Volkamer 177,551 

4.5 

7 Cleopatra 131,766 

3.3 

8 US-802 121,370 

3.1 

9 US-812 117,345 

3.0 

10 Kinkoji 104,167 

2.6 

11 US-897 73,220 2 1.9 

12 US-942 38,489 1.0 

13 Sun Chu Sha 32,508 0.8 

14 Rough Lemon 20,045 0.5 

15 Research Stock 15,250 0.4 

16 Smooth Flat Sev 13,150 0.3 

17 C-35 Citrange 12,528 0.3 

Interesting Facts 

37.0 5 rootstocks account for 78% of all nursery 

propagations 

8.1 10 rootstocks account for 94% of all nursery 

propagations 

Swingle has been the #1 used rootstock for 24 years 

Swingle is used for 40% of all sweet oranges 

Sour Orange is used for 60% of all grapefruit 

Volkamer is used for 64% of all lemons 

Cleopatra is used for 10% of all mandarins 

Swingle is used for 85% of all pummelos 

18 Nurserymen have seed source blocks 

18 Flying Dragon 9,482 0.2 

19 Pon trifoliata 3,454 0.1 The average nursery with seed source trees has 240 

trees 

20 Murcott 1,000 0.03 

21 Ridge Pineapple 700 0.02 

22 Orlando 500 0.01 

3,941,049 100 

Rough Lemon & Sour Orange were the two favorite 

rootstocks in the 1953 thru 1974 timeframe 

Percent by Citrus Type 

Grapefruit Kumquat Lemon Lime Mandarin Pummelo Sweet 

SWINGLE 14.9 4.5 5.2 43.5 36.3 84.6 40.3 

KUHARSKE 3.6 0.0 2.2 3.5 4.7 4.4 20.5 

CARRIZO 0.4 0.0 1.1 0.6 5.9 0.0 9.2 

X-639 7.2 0.0 0 0.2 0.6 0.0 8.6 

VOLKAMER 0.2 64.6 63.8 0 4.4 2.7 3.6 

US-802 0.4 0.0 1.8 0 1.8 1.8 3.6 

CLEOPATRA 0 0.0 0 0 10.4 0.0 3.2 

US-812 1.2 0.0 0 0 4.6 0.0 3.1 

SOUR ORANGE 60.0 0.5 5.7 5.9 7.0 0.8 2.2 

KINKOJI 8.9 10.8 9.4 6.4 4.2 5.6 1.6 

US-897 0.3 1.1 1.0 0.3 11.1 0.0 1.2 

SUN CHU SHA 0 0.0 0 0 0.7 0.0 1.0 

US-942 0 0.0 0 0 4.6 0.0 0.8 


26 Rootstocks Used for Registered Trees 

Year 

Carrizo 

Cleopatra 

Kuharske 

Rough 

Lemon 

Sun Chu 

Sha 

Smooth 

Flat Seville 

Sour 

Orange 


Swingle 

Volkamer 

Misc 

Total 

Trees 

Percentage 

1953-60 0.0 7.7 0.0 44.7 0.0 0.0 36.3 0.0 0.0 11.2 2,272,229 

1960-61 0.0 8.2 0.0 29.3 0.0 0.0 52.2 0.0 0.0 10.4 1,117,433 

1961-62 0.7 7.0 0.0 39.8 0.0 0.0 38.2 0.0 0.0 14.3 2,046,252 

1962-63 0.7 7.7 0.0 45.1 0.0 0.0 25.4 0.0 0.0 23.3 1,597,821 

1963-64 0.7 12.5 0.0 34.8 0.0 0.0 31.1 0.0 0.0 20.9 3,324,012 

1964-65 0.4 12.2 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 30.3 0.0 0.0 20.2 3,445,980 

1965-66 1.9 10.4 0.0 25.5 0.0 0.0 40.3 0.0 0.0 21.9 2,399,916 

1966-67 1.0 7.6 0.0 37.5 0.0 0.0 43.8 0.0 0.0 10.1 1,325,650 

1967-68 6.3 3.4 0.0 48.7 0.0 0.0 35.2 0.0 0.0 6.5 780,069 

1968-69 6.5 6.0 0.0 38.9 0.0 0.0 33.2 0.0 0.0 5.3 647,828 

1969-70 23.1 8.3 0.0 38.7 0.0 0.0 26.9 0.0 0.0 2.9 1,160,310 

1970-71 23.0 7.1 0.0 35.9 0.0 0.0 29.4 0.0 0.0 4.6 1,659,983 

1971-72 16.6 19.4 0.0 12.9 0.0 0.0 41.9 0.0 0.0 9.2 1,679,599 

1972-73 29.1 11.9 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 41.9 0.0 0.0 15.6 1,519,508 

1973-74 34.6 11.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 1,261,532 

1974-75 46.2 9.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 32.1 1.6 0.03 10.0 1,333,611 

1975-76 38.0 7.9 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 27.0 6.9 1.5 16.8 1,314,201 

1976-77 51.5 8.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 18.9 3.5 1.2 15.0 1,462,676 

1977-78 40.2 13.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 21.4 6.9 2.4 14.9 1,685,646 

1978-79 40.1 10.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 25.2 5.8 3.3 13.9 2,090,481 

1979-80 41.1 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.1 12.4 0.1 13.1 2,130,978 

1980-81 45.4 6.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 28.2 11.4 2.3 2.4 2,964,085 

1981-82 40.6 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.4 10.2 1.8 9.1 3,657,916 

1982-83 33.8 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 38.0 11.8 2.5 3.8 5,049,889 

1983-84 38.0 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 32.6 15.2 1.0 4.5 3,465,164 

1984-85 28.6 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.5 30.1 1.5 3.1 4,068,128 

1985-86 25.5 18.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.0 18.6 1.1 3.5 4,039,643 

1986-87 35.2 19.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.0 6.7 3.1 4.1 6,181,653 

1987-88 34.4 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.0 31.1 0.8 4.7 5,446,604 

1988-89 19.4 18.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 3.5 50.2 1.2 6.7 7,239,744 

1989-90 20.2 17.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 47.9 3.0 7.6 5,040,416 

1990-91 18.8 16.2 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.0 1.9 58.6 0.9 1.8 6,879,429 

1991-92 27.9 14.8 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.2 3.2 45.8 1.9 4.5 4,609,293 

1992-93 17.8 16.6 0.0 3.1 3.4 0.2 3.0 51.3 1.1 3.4 2,781,569 

1993-94 20.6 9.1 0.0 2.0 1.8 6.7 3.2 51.6 1.1 3.8 3,078,358 

1994-95 23.2 7.8 0.0 1.3 2.9 10.2 0.4 45.2 2.9 6.2 2,143,943 

1995-96 20.7 6.3 0.0 1.6 2.8 9.2 0.7 41.3 3.5 13.9 3,824,008 

1996-97 25.9 4.3 0.0 1.6 2.4 6.1 0.2 46.2 5.5 7.8 5,521,998 

1997-98 21.2 4.5 * 0.8 3.3 8.2 0.6 48.4 5.1 7.9 5,831,473 

1998-99 22.9 5.4 0.5 1.1 2.1 5.2 0.5 46.2 7.7 8.4 5,940,162 

1999-00 22.2 5.9 2.5 3.3 3.3 5.4 0.4 44.0 7.6 5.3 5,846,446 

2000-01 24.3 5.1 2.9 0.3 2.5 6.6 .03 44.3 7.9 6.1 5,575,773 

2001-02 19.7 3.4 3.8 0.3 1.2 10.1 .007 44.3 6.2 10.9 5,846,373 

2002-03 20.7 4.5 8.8 1.1 1.6 5.1 0.01 45.6 4.5 8.1 4,898,157 

2003-04 20.1 6.7 10.1 1.1 2.2 2.5 0.24 45.3 2.9 8.9 3,971,782 

2004-05 15.1 7.6 18.6 0.2 1.8 0.5 0.5 37.8 4.9 13.0 2,145,259 

2005-06 22.6 2.8 13.2 0.4 2.3 0.9 0.32 46.4 1.7 9.4 1,413,316 

2006-07 16.1 2.1 11.9 0.2 1.1 0.7 1.4 58.4 1.6 6.5 2,592,466 

2007-08 13.4 1.9 21.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 51.9 2.1 7.4 3,546,896 

2008-09 17.8 2.9 24.0 0.6 .05 0.3 1.5 40.2 1.3 11.4 3,763,259 

2009-10 14.0 3.5 16.5 0.3 1.0 0.2 7.5 44.9 2.2 9.9 3,001,186 

2010-11 12.4 2.8 15.7 0.5 0.1 0.03 5.7 39.7 7.3 15.76 3,135,326 

2011-12 7.9 3.3 17.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 8.1 37.0 4.5 20.3 3,941,049 

*Prior to 1997-98 Kuharske propagations are included with Carrizo

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