Breadcrumb

Chinese sweet orange (CRC 3814)

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck RUTACEAE

CRC 3814
PI 433933


Source

Received as budwood from China, 1979.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March


Notes and observations

2/8/1988, EMN: A slightly elongate, smallish sweet orange; moderately seedy; flavor good but still tart and some fruit have fallen. Appears to have no promise for commercial or backyard.--EMN "Packing slip" with seed said: From China, Peoples Repub. of Donated by Yin-min Ye, Citrus Research Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences of China, Chungking, Szechwan. Rec'd 12/1978. Cultivated. Seed. (Destination: W. P. Bitters, etc.)


Availability

Not commercially available in California.


USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Chinese sweet orange (CRC 3814)

 

chinesesweetorangecrc3814005.jpg
chinesesweetorangecrc3814006.jpg
chinesesweetorangecrc3814003.jpg
chinesesweetorangecrc3814002.jpg
Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.
Let us help you with your search