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Indian citron hybrid (CRC 661)

Citrus medica L.

CRC 661
PI 31981


Source

Received from USDA, Chico Garden, 1915.


Parentage/origins

Nagpur, India. Obtained by Mr. R.S. Woglum.


Rootstock of accession

Yuma Ponderosa lemon


Season of ripeness at Riverside

November to January


Notes and observations

WPB: (Was) the chief stock for oranges in Central Provinces, India. Has a sour fruit with a yellow rind, like a lemon. This looks like C. pennivesiculata.

2/16/1988, EMN: This accession had exocortis, removed by shoot tip grafting. WPB was right (see above). This accession appears to be identical with CRC 2434, C. pennivesiculata, aka C. moi.

12/5/2006, DK & TS: A very large tree for a citron. Fruit oblate, with pronounced nipple; rind thin, looks like a grapefruit inside. Flesh juicy, and very sour. Nicole Barkley's study, Assessing genetic diversity and population structure in a citrus germplasm collection utilizing simple sequence repeat markers (SSRs), says 40% other in genes; We suggest there's some pummelo in there.


Availability

Not commercially available in California.

 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network for Indian citron hybrid

 

 

Indian citron hybrid (CRC 661) sliced open
Indian citron hybrid (CRC 661)
Indian citron hybrid (CRC 661) tree
Photos by David Karp, CVC, 12/5/2006.
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