Unnamed pummelo (CRC 2340)

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. RUTACEAE

CRC 2340
PI 539365
CPB 15076

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

Large fruit, elliptical shape, very thick rind, seedy, white flesh, good flavor, sweet, tastes like watermelon; wavy leaves, unusual foliage for a pummelo.

3/10/1954 Bitters/Brusca comments: Crop all on ground. Large fruit, elliptical shape, very thick rind, seedy, which flesh, good flavor, sweet, tastes like watermelon.

12/21/1987, EMN: Tree has wavy leaves, unusual foliage for a pummelo.

11/21/1988, EMN: Attractive tree. Very few fruit this season. Flavor is already sweet enough to be palatable but rind is thick and seeds are numerous- probably of no value except as breeding stock; or possibly as an unusual landscape tree.