Florida Administrative Code › 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS › 20 - Departmental › Chapter 20-13 - MARKET CLASSIFICATION, MATURITY STANDARDS AND PROCESSING OR PACKING RESTRICTIONS FOR HYBRIDS › Section 20-13.009 - Tangelos; Classification and Standards

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Classification: The market classification
				of the citrus hybrid generally known as "tangelo." A hybrid between tangerine
				or mandarin orange (C. reticulata) with either the grapefruit or pummelo (C.
				paradisi and C. grandis).
(2)
				Identification: The proper identification of this citrus fruit shall be
				"tangelo" or "tangelo citrus fruit" and one such name shall be used whenever
				this fruit is identified. The term "tangelo" may be preceded by a variety
				designation such as "Orlando, " "Minneola, " etc.
(3) Standards: All grades, sampling and
				testing procedures and all state laws and rules not inconsistent with this rule
				shall be applicable to this fruit, in addition to the following specific
				standards:
(a) Minimum maturity:
1. Color break: Fruit shall be deemed to be
				mature only when each fruit, after having been severed from the tree, shows a
				break in color, with yellow color predominating on not less than 50% of the
				fruit's surface in the aggregate. There shall be no color break requirements
				for processing for the period December 1 of each year to July 31 of the
				following year, both dates inclusive.
2. Solids-acid ratio: Fruit shall be deemed
				to be mature when:
a. The juice contains not
				less than four-tenths of one percent of anhydrous citric acid, except, there
				shall be no minimum acid requirement for processing during the period December
				1 through July 31 each season; and,
b. The total soluble solids and the ratio of
				total soluble solids to the anhydrous citric acid is in accordance with the
				requirements set forth in the following table:
Min. Total Solids, %
Solids to Acid Min. Ratio
*8.0 to 8.1
10.50 to 1
8.1 to 8.2
10.45 to 1
8.2 to 8.3
10.40 to 1
8.3 to 8.4
10.35 to 1
8.4 to 8.5
10.30 to 1
**8.5 to 8.6
10.25 to 1
8.6 to 8.7
10.20 to 1
8.7 to 8.8
10.15 to 1
8.8 to 8.9
10.10 to 1
8.9 to 9.0
10.05 to 1
***9.0 to 9.1
10.00 to 1
9.1 to 9.2
9.95 to 1
9.2 to 9.3
9.90 to 1
9.3 to 9.4
9.85 to 1
9.4 to 9.5
9.80 to 1
****9.5 to 9.6
9.75 to 1
9.6 to 9.7
9.70 to 1
9.7 to 9.8
9.65 to 1
9.8 to 9.9
9.60 to 1
9.9 to 10.0
9.55 to 1
10.0 to 10.1
9.50 to 1
10.1 to 10.2
9.45 to 1
10.2 to 10.3
9.40 to 1
10.3 to 10.4
9.35 to 1
10.4 to 10.5
9.30 to 1
10.5 to 10.6
9.25 to 1
10.6 to 10.7
9.20 to 1
10.7 to 10.8
9.15 to 1
10.8 to 10.9
9.10 to 1
10.9 to 11.0
9.05 to 1
11.0 to 11.1
9.00 to 1
11.1 to 11.2
8.95 to 1
11.2 to 11.3
8.90 to 1
11.3 to 11.4
8.85 to 1
11.4 to 11.5
8.80 to 1
11.5 to 11.6
8.75 to 1
11.6 to 11.7
8.70 to 1
11.7 to 11.8
8.65 to 1
11.8 to 11.9
8.60 to 1
*****11.9 and above
8.55 to 1
******
8.00 to 1
*
Processing: Minimum solids November 16 through
							 November 30.
**
Processing: Minimum solids November 1 through
							 November 16. Fresh: Minimum solids November 16 through November 30.
***
Processing: Minimum solids August 1 through October
							 31. Fresh: Minimum solids November 1 through November 15.
****
Fresh: Minimum solids August 1 through October
							 31.
*****
Fresh: Flat 8.55 to 1 ratio for shipments December 1
							 through January 31 with no minimum solids.
******
Processing: Flat 8 to 1 ratio for shipments December
							 1 through July 31 with no minimum solids. Fresh: Flat 8 to 1 ratio for
							 shipments February 1 through July 31 with no minimum solids.