Diario las Américas

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For a better understanding between the Americas

MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1957

it the “chironja.”

Moscoso, 36, a horticulturist at

the University of Puerto Rico Ag

riculture Experiment Station, is in

Washington for State Department

briefings prior to an assignment

with the United States operations

missions in Haiti.

As Moscoso describes his “Chi

ronja”:

“It has all the good things of a

grapefruit and orange combined,

with a flavor closer to an orange.

It is slightly bigger than most

grapefruit, orange-yellow in color,

with a smooth glossy skin, as if

it had wax on it. You can get

juice from it, or even eat it like

a tangerine. And if you want to

eat it like a sliced grapefruit, you

don’t have to first cut around the

edges with a knife. The skin also

makes good marmalade.”

Moscoso predicted the Chironja

could serve as the basis for a

thriving citrus industry in Puerto

Rico. Already 1,000 tree grafts

made under Moscoso’s direction

are being carefully watched at five

island experiment station centers.

He said also he expects to send

seeds from which trees can be

grown to experimental stations in

Florida and California later this

year. He said he has received

more than 100 letters from private

parties and institutions around the

world expressing interest in the

fruit.

He has declined all commercial

offers so far.

The “Chironja” is still in the

experimental stage, he explained.

But it will probably thrive any

place where citrus fruits can be

grown.

However, agricultural stations

both here and in Puerto Rico must

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-09-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-09-15/ed-1/?sp=14

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-09-15.