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Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR

College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Pink pummelo (CRC 2246)

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. RUTACEAE

CRC 2246
PI 539361, 109698
CPB 10305
VI 160 (No longer available)


Source

Received as budwood from CPB, 1930.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November


Notes and observations

Smooth, ovate, thick rind; seedy, light pink, good flavor; medium size.


Description from The Citrus Industry Vol. 1 (1967)

"Fruit large, broadly obovate to short pyriform with shallow depression at apex; nearly seedless.  Light yellow at maturity in California, but probably pink-tinted in semitropical climates.  Rind medium-thick; surface smooth; tightly adherent.  Segments numerous and carpellary membranes moderately tough, but commonly split open at axis at maturity.  Flesh coarse-grained, pink-tinged; very juicy; flavor grapefruit-like (subacid with trace of bitterness).  Late in maturity. 

Tree vigorous, very large, and spreading; leaves typical—broad-pointed; twigs and shoot growth faintly pubescent.

This clone, which was received by the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1929 under the name Siamese Pink (CES 2246) corresponds ell with the variety Siam, named and described by Wester (1917).  According to Wester, it was introduced into the Philippine Islands in 1913.  In California, when fully ripe it is clearly one of the best in flavor, although sometimes it has a trace of bitterness."


Availability

No longer commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. This accession no longer has an approved bud source. Please refer to the CCPP for information on another approved bud source or to start a reintroduction inquiry.


USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Pink pummelo (CRC 2246)


CVC Fruit Quality data for Pink pummelo (CRC 2246)

Control used in the evaluation was Chandler pummelo.

CULTIVAR LOCATION DATE Julian Date ROOT AGE SSC1 (%) SSC2 (%) Mean SSC tit1 (V/ml) tit2 (V/ml) Mean tit Citric acid (%) SSC/TA # FRUIT LENGTH  AVG. LENGTH  WIDTH AVG. WIDTH L/W WEIGHT AVG. WT. COLOR TEXTURE RIND SEEDS/5 AVG. SEEDS INTERIOR  JUICE WT.  % JUICE
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/4/2016 004 CZO 33 12.70 12.60 12.65 9.44 9.33 9.39 2.23 5.66 10 116.30 11.63 122.90 12.29 0.95 7086.00 708.60 6.20 2.50 85.00 448.00 89.60 3 LT PINK, 7 MED PINK 2312.00 32.63
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/4/2016 004 C-35 33 12.60 12.50 12.55 8.18 8.11 8.14 1.94 6.48 10 119.80 11.98 128.40 12.84 0.93 7891.00 789.10 6.10 2.40 112.00 377.00 75.40 4 V LT PINK, 6 LT PINK 2288.00 29.00
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/8/2018 008 CZO 35 11.40 11.30 11.35 6.84 6.76 6.80 1.63 6.98 10 126.50 12.65 134.30 13.43 0.94 9131.00 913.10 7.00 3.00 101.00 688.00 68.80 1 YELLOW, 9 PINK 2905.00 31.81
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/8/2018 008 C-35 35 11.40 11.50 11.45 6.43 6.25 6.34 1.52 7.55 9 113.20 12.58 119.40 13.27 0.95 7998.20 888.69 7.00 3.00 102.00 648.00 72.00 4 LT PINK, 5 MED PINK 3339.80 41.76
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/9/2017 009 CZO 34 12.10 12.10 12.10 8.20 8.19 8.20 1.95 6.19 10 110.80 11.08 123.70 12.37 0.90 7222.80 722.28 5.50 1.90 82.00 863.00 86.30 10 LT PINK 2621.00 36.29
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/9/2017 009 C-35 34 11.70 11.70 11.70 7.34 7.37 7.36 1.76 6.66 10 107.30 10.73 116.40 11.64 0.92 5907.00 590.70 5.90 1.70 87.00 802.00 80.20 10 V LT PINK 1946.20 32.95
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside  1/22/2018 022 CZO 35 12.00 12.10 12.05 6.17 6.25 6.21 1.48 8.13 10 120.20 12.02 125.10 12.51 0.96 7916.40 791.64 7.00 3.00 92.00 N/A N/A 2 LT PINK, 1 DK PINK, 7 MED PINK 3214.80 40.61
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/22/2018 022 C-35 35 11.70 11.70 11.70 6.95 7.03 6.99 1.67 7.01 10 116.10 11.61 120.00 12.00 0.97 6898.80 689.88 7.00 2.00 88.00 N/A N/A 10 LT PINK 2489.00 36.08
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/24/2017 024 CZO 34 12.60 12.50 12.55 8.08 8.15 8.12 1.93 6.49 10 102.10 10.21 109.90 10.99 0.93 6189.80 618.98 6.00 2.10 86.00 N/A N/A 6 LT PINK, 3 MEDPINK 2027.80 32.76
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/24/2017 024 C-35 34 11.70 11.70 11.70 7.59 7.40 7.50 1.79 6.53 10 112.90 11.29 121.60 12.16 0.93 6761.00 676.10 6.10 2.20 82.00 N/A N/A 5 LT PINK, 5 MED PINK 2525.00 37.35
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/25/2016 025 CZO 33 12.70 12.70 12.70 9.47 9.46 9.47 2.25 5.64 10 110.50 11.05 118.70 11.87 0.93 6281.00 628.10 6.50 1.00 97.00 N/A N/A 3 LT PINK, 7 V LT PINK 2241.00 35.68
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 1/25/2016 025 C-35 33 11.70 11.70 11.70 8.30 8.23 8.26 1.97 5.93 10 123.40 12.34 128.20 12.82 0.96 8371.00 837.10 6.50 1.00 113.00 N/A N/A 3 V LT PINK, 3 LT PINK, 2 MED PINK, 2 GR YELLOW 3121.00 37.28
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 2/2/2018 033 CZO 35 11.80 11.80 11.80 6.71 6.88 6.80 1.62 7.27 10 124.40 12.44 130.20 13.02 0.96 8852.80 885.28 7.50 2.00 86.00 N/A N/A 2 LT PINK, 8 MED PINK 3897.00 44.02
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside  2/2/2018 033 C-35 35 11.70 11.80 11.75 6.31 6.11 6.21 1.48 7.92 10 124.10 12.41 127.50 12.75 0.97 8200.80 820.08 7.50 2.00 89.00 N/A N/A 1 DK PINK, 3 MED PINK, 6 LT PINK 3515.20 42.86
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 2/13/2017 044 CZO 34 12.40 12.50 12.45 7.44 7.45 7.44 1.77 7.02 10 111.00 11.10 121.60 12.16 0.91 6490.40 649.04 6.50 2.90 78.00 N/A N/A 4 MED PK, 6 LT PK 2243.60 34.57
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 2/13/2017 044 C-35 34 11.80 11.80 11.80 7.41 7.38 7.40 1.77 6.68 10 111.10 11.11 121.90 12.19 0.91 6718.40 671.84 6.70 3.10 79.00 N/A N/A 1 MED PINK, 9 LT PINK 2305.20 34.31
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 2/15/2016 046 CZO 33 12.50 12.80 12.65 7.39 7.35 7.37 1.75 7.21 10 109.40 10.94 116.00 11.60 0.94 6101.00 610.10 7.00 1.00 87.00 N/A N/A 3 LT PINK, 2 V LT PINK, 5 LT YELLOW 2173.00 35.62
Pink CRC 2246 Riverside 2/15/2016 046 C-35 33 11.90 11.80 11.85 7.26 7.28 7.27 1.74 6.83 10 114.90 11.49 125.40 12.54 0.92 7236.00 723.60 7.00 1.00 98.00 N/A N/A 2, LT YELLOW,2 V LT PINK, 5 LT PINK, 1 MED PINK, 2 GR YELLOW 2283.00 31.55

 

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