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Otachibana, Daikitsu, Kotobukikan

Citrus otachibana hort. ex Yu. Tanaka RUTACEAE

CRC 3470
PI 539459


Source

Received as seed from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (via W.P. Bitters, CRC), 1963.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November


Notes and observations

Large, yellow, pyriform fruit; rind moderately rough, thick; seedy; flesh dark yellow, juicy, melting, tolerably edible but tart. Foliage pummelo-like.

Polyembryonic. Notes from T. Tanaka in CITROLOGIA, pg 24, Univ. Osaka, Japan, 1961: A good bearer & keeps well in storage with very good eating quality. It can be appreciated much better than C. natsudaidai- which objectionally is bitter and acid. No cultural disadvantage is reported. Fruit is regularly obconical in shape and gradually narrowed toward the base. Lvs alate, fr is yellow, rind 10.2 mm, fruit ht 9.3 cm, diam. 10.4 cm. 2/22/88- This appears to be more likely a pummelo hybrid than a grapefruit hybrid and should be housed there- Dr. Bitters concurs. A large, yellow, pyriform fruit; rind moderately rough. Foliage pummelo-like. Rind moderately thick; fruit seedy. Flesh dark yellow, juicy, melting; tolerably edible but tart.


Availability

Not commercially available in California.


USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Citrus otachibana

 

 

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Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.
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