Ambersweet orange
A cold-tolerant orange-mandarin-tangelo hybrid released for Florida juice; legally classed as an orange, early and somewhat hardier than a true sweet orange.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 24°F
- Ripening
- Early-season
- Vigor
- Moderate-Vigorous
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Graft requirement
- Graft Required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
Canopy killed at about 24°F.
Needs high heat to colour and sweeten.
Early-season fruit (Oct-Nov).
moderate-vigorous
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
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Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksWashington navel orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Fukumoto navel orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Atwood navel orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Newhall navel orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Bahianinha (Bahia) navel orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Hamlin orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
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