Field marks
- Size
- Large
- Shape
- Long
- Ripe skin
- Yellow
- Blush
- Red-orange
CULTIVAR PROFILE
Valencia Pride
Florida, 1941
Sweet, aromaticLong, slender fruit from a large, fast-growing tree. Sweet flesh with a fruity aroma.
Identification noteFruit color, size and season vary with climate and ripeness. Compare several clues, not one photograph.
Taste & texture
Sweet, juicy and aromatic, often with honey, melon and light tropical notes. Flesh is smooth with little fiber.
- Fiber
- Low
- Seed
- Monoembryonic
Growth habit
Exceptionally vigorous, upright and fast-growing. It readily becomes a very large shade tree unless pruned after harvest.
- South Florida season
- July–August ↗
Season references are for South Florida and can shift with location and weather.