Kunembo mandarin

Citrus nobilis Lour.

CRC 3346
PI 539455

Source

Received as seed from the Variety Collection at the USDA Station, Orlovista, Florida, 1960.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown at this time.

Notes and observations

From double seedlings. Notes from T. Tanaka in CITROLOGIA, pg. 58, Univ. of Osaka, Japan: Fruit depressed globose, sl obovoid, orange colored, almost no acid, not juicy. Notes from W.P. Bitters' 1963 trip to Japan: Tree is vigorous, cold resistant & hardy as Satsuma, average weight 120 gms, leaves large, rind 3-5 mm, petioles slightly winged, approx 15-20 seeds, polyembryonic.

EMN, 3/1987: Large fruit with very thick rind, flavor only fair, lots of rag.