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Citrumelo (CRC 3348)

X Citroncirus spp. RUTACEAE

CRC 3348
PI 539825


Source

Received as budwood from John Carpenter, USDCS, Indio, CA, 1961.


Parentage/origins

Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus paradisi (unknown cultivars)


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November

 

Notes and observations

Carpenter received budwood from USDA Station at Weslaco, Texas, 1958-60. Citrumelo 4482, TAES R-17, T-0; probably CPB #4482--JBC This accession had exocortis which was removed by shoot tip grafting (STG 171-10).


Availability

Not commercially available in California


USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Citrumelo (CRC 3348)

 

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Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.
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