Origin: at Institute of Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, by A. Kadman and A. Ben Ya'acov. Introd. in 1981. Seedling of the Florida Fuchs (West Indian) cv. that survived irrigation with highly saline water (1330 ppm NaCl) and could be propagated from cuttings. Tree: large and vigorous, to 33 ft height, with large, dark-green leaves; free of sunblotch viroid when selected. Yields are relatively low. This cultivar's primary use is as an asexually propagated rootstock for commercial cultivars planted in soils of high salinity. Cuttings rooted in an experiment at rates higher than 70%, and showed high uniformity and tolerance to salinity. Trees of various cultivars grafted on Fuchs-20 rootstocks have shown excellent performance in a commercial orchard irrigated with water containing 300-400 ppm of chlorine. Fruit: ellipsoid, of medium to large size (13 to 16 oz); flesh very good in flavor, with 12% to 13% oil content; skin smooth, pale green covered with numerous yellowish lenticels during ripening season (October).
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