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Tortuga

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Sukari orange (sweet Egyptian orange)
« on: February 24, 2022, 08:03:31 AM »
Stopped over at my favorite nursery and my nurseryman said he had only one of these Sukari oranges trees for sale. I bought it as I like the odd ball citrus and couldnt find almost any info on it.

Can anyone tell me more about this Sukari orange?

Radoslav

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Re: Sukari orange (sweet Egyptian orange)
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2022, 02:36:03 PM »
I guess, that it is the same sort that is in Turkey called Sekeri, in Greece Sikeri, it means Sweet orange.
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/akcay_sekeri.html

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Re: Sukari orange (sweet Egyptian orange)
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2022, 07:48:11 AM »
But UCR description has not mentioned its acidless nature

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Re: Sukari orange (sweet Egyptian orange)
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2022, 12:10:19 PM »
In UCR's description it states .... taste acidless-sweet.

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Re: Sukari orange (sweet Egyptian orange)
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2022, 12:47:50 PM »
I remember the Fruit Mentor  reviewing ackay sekeri, he seemed to have been impressed - it was the sweetest of 60 citrus varieties he tried

https://fruitmentor.com/akcay-sekeri-sweet-orange