Citrus myrtifolia Rafinesque

CRC 2375-B
PI 539451

Source

Received as a live plant from the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations
Washington, District of Columbia, 1930.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March

Notes and observations

EMN: Not clear which budline this is.

2/26/1988, EMN: This and daughter, CRC 3857, appear identical. Fruit not nearly as sour as true sour orange.

2/11/2008, OJB, DK & TS:  Small, seedy; not as bitter as typical sour orange, relatively low acidity; juicy for the size of the fruit. Fruit hangs on the tree a long time as an ornamental.

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Chinotto sour orange hybrid (CRC 2375-B)