Table 1. Characteristics of common Texas citrus varieties.

Variety	Tree size	Fruit size	Seediness¹	Rind color	Season	Cold hardiness	Comments
Oranges²
Navel	large	large	0-6	light yellow-orange	Oct-Dec	good	low production
Marrs	large	medium	0-6	yellow-orange	Oct-Jan	fair
Pineapple	large	medium	seedy	yellow-orange	Nov-Feb	fair
Hamlin	large	medium	0-6	yellow-orange	Oct-Jan	fair
Valencia	large	medium	0-6	orange-yellow	Mar-Jun	fair
Grapefruit³
Marsh	v. large	v. large	0-6	light yellow	Oct-May	fair	white flesh
Ruby Red	v. large	v. large	0-6	yellow, red blush	Oct-May	fair	typical red flesh
Henderson/Ray	v. large	v. large	0-6	light yellow, red blush	Oct-May	fair	redder than Ruby Red
Rio Red	v. large	v. large	0-6	light yellow, red blush	Oct-May	fair	dark red flesh
Star Ruby	v. large	v. large	0-9	yellow, red tinge	Oct-May	fair	deep red flesh
Mandarins and tangelos⁴
Satsuma, Owari	medium	small	0-4	orange-red	Oct-Dec	v. good	Armstrong and Kimbrough varieties
Clementine tangerine	medium	small	seedy	dark orange-red	Oct-Dec	v. good	needs pollinizer⁵
Dancy tangerine	medium	small	seedy	dark orange-red	Nov-Jan	v. good
Changsha tangerine	medium	small	seedy	orange	Oct-Jan	v. good	comes true from seed
Orlando tangelo	medium	medium	seedy	light orange	Nov-Jan	good	needs pollinizer⁵
Minneola tangelo	medium	large	few	red-orange	Dec-Jan	good	needs pollinizer⁵
Acid citrus⁴
Calamondin	small	v. small	3-7	orange-yellow	Jan-Dec	good	so-called miniature orange
Mexican lime	medium	small	3-9	greenish-yellow	Jan-Dec	poor	thorny and thornless types
Tahiti lime	medium	medium	0-6	greenish-yellow	Jan-Dec	poor	Persian lime
Nagami kumquat	small	v. small	2-5	orange	Oct-Mar	v. good	oval, tart
Meiwa kumquat	small	v. small	1-3	orange	Oct-Mar	v. good	round, sweet
Meyer lemon	small	medium	few	lemon yellow	Aug-Mar	fair	not a true lemon
Ponderosa lemon	medium	v.large	seedy	lemon yellow	Jan-Dec	poor
Lemon, Eureka	medium	medium	0-6	lemon yellow	Jul-Mar	poor	Lisbon and Villafranca varieties
Limequat	small	v.small	few	yellow	Jan-Dec	good	Eustis variety

1 Varieties having 0-9 seeds per fruit are considered seedless.
2 Other oranges include Jaffa and blood oranges (which may or may not produce blood-color in the flesh). Numerous navel orange varieties include Washington, N33E, Texas, Everhard, Thompson and others.
3 Another grapefruit is Duncan, which is seedy and white fleshed.
4 Other mandarins include Robinson tangerine, Fortune tangerine, Ponkan (Chinese Honey Orange or Warnurco), Bower, Fairchild and Murcott Honey Orange.
5 Clementine, Orlando, Marrs and Robinson are good pollinizers.