Breadcrumb

Sour pummelo

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. RUTACEAE

CRC 3066
PI 539387


Source

Received as seed from Ed Pollock, Molong Road, N.S.W., Australia, 1954.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November


Notes and observations

Medium-large, flattened both ends, about shape of Encore mandarin; rind light yellow, medium thickness; large, pithy central core; greenish flesh, very seedy, flavor sour but not excessively.


Availability

Not commercially available in California.

 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Sour pummelo

 

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Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.10/30/2013.
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