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Tetraploid grapefruit

Citrus paradisi Macfadyen

CRC 3968
PI 539486


Source

Received as budwood from CRC Breeding project, 1987.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

February to June


Notes and observations

1/26/1990, EMN: Received from CRC plant breeding plot, courtesy of M.L. Roose. Fruit a typical seedy white grapefruit, rind a bit thick. 

6/10/2009, DK & TS: Thick rind, soft flesh, seedless; sour, watery, bitter, citrangey aftertaste.


Availability

Not commercially available in California.

 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Tetraploid grapefruit

 

 

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Photos by Toni Siebert and David Karp, CVC, 5/22/2008. All on Carrizo, 10 year old trees.
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