Citrus neo-aurantium

CRC 3611
PI 316537

Source

Received as seed from the Horticulture Research Station, Okitsu, Japan, via W.P. Bitters, 1966. Open-pollinated seedling.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March

Notes and observations

1986, EMN: This accession may be same as Tosu. A vigorous grower; to be tried as a rootstock. This accession was heat treated about 1975 for moving out of tristeza quarantine to Lindcove.

3/1987, EMN: Fruit appears virtually identical with CRC 3607 (Tosu).

2/11/2008 (OB, TW and DK): Similar to Tosu, although Konejime fruit seems a little rounder, and Tosu flatter.

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Konejime sour orange hybrid