The Inland Empire is Still Citrus Producing
August 5, 2009
A small news item in the San Bernardino Sun newspaper this morning caught my attention. Dateline: " Riverside: University creates new citrus variety". The University of California (UCR), Riverside campus have releases a new mandarin or tangerine, for commercial production.
While many of our Riverside/San Bernardino county citrus groves have disappeared and become residential or commercial developments, UCR has continued to be a worldwide leader in citrus research and development. Most citrus producing regions of the world have benefited from the existence of the UCR and California Citrus Variety Collection. This collection has two trees each of more than 1000 different citrus types. This collection is used extensively to solve citrus disease problems and to improve commercial varieties.
In 1907, UC established the Citrus Experiment Station at the foot of MT. Rubidoux to support the then growing Southern California citrus industry. In 1917, the station moved to what is now the A. Gary Anderson School of Management. The station became the foundation of the UCR campus in 1954.
The new citrus fruit is named the "DaisySL" and is finely textured, sweet and almost seedless. It took approximately ten years of development and will probably take another five before it becomes available for commercial sale. UCR's Office of Technology Commercialization filed for a U.S. patent for 'DaisySL' in June 2009.
Established to assist our local citrus industry, it now serves citrus growers where ever they have a need.
A small news item in the San Bernardino Sun newspaper this morning caught my attention. Dateline: " Riverside: University creates new citrus variety". The University of California (UCR), Riverside campus have releases a new mandarin or tangerine, for commercial production.
While many of our Riverside/San Bernardino county citrus groves have disappeared and become residential or commercial developments, UCR has continued to be a worldwide leader in citrus research and development. Most citrus producing regions of the world have benefited from the existence of the UCR and California Citrus Variety Collection. This collection has two trees each of more than 1000 different citrus types. This collection is used extensively to solve citrus disease problems and to improve commercial varieties.
In 1907, UC established the Citrus Experiment Station at the foot of MT. Rubidoux to support the then growing Southern California citrus industry. In 1917, the station moved to what is now the A. Gary Anderson School of Management. The station became the foundation of the UCR campus in 1954.
The new citrus fruit is named the "DaisySL" and is finely textured, sweet and almost seedless. It took approximately ten years of development and will probably take another five before it becomes available for commercial sale. UCR's Office of Technology Commercialization filed for a U.S. patent for 'DaisySL' in June 2009.
Established to assist our local citrus industry, it now serves citrus growers where ever they have a need.
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