Salustiana orange
A seedless, very juicy low-acid Spanish orange, a leading juice-and-table variety in Spain.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 26°F
- Ripening
- Mid-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 26°F.
Needs high heat to colour and sweeten.
Mid-season fruit (Dec-Feb).
moderate-vigorous
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
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Grows alike
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ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
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wants the same heat to ripen · holds on the tree the same way
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksCara Cara navel orange
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Pineapple orange
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Pera orange
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Westin orange
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Seville sour orange
similar cold hardiness · ripens in a similar season
Washington navel orange
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
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