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Iran lemon hybrid

Citrus limon L. Burm.f.

CRC 3162
PI 539295


Source

Received as budwood from Joe Furr, USDCS, Indio, CA, 1957.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.


Rootstocks of accession

Yuma Ponderosa lemon


Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown at this time.


Notes and observations

11/17/1987, EMN: Leaves broad, blunt tipped, slightly winged petiole. Fruit large, lemon-yellow, round, very thick rind (1/3 of distance to center), seedy, amber flesh, hollow core, sour. Could this be a pummelo-lemon hybrid?


Availability

Not commercially available in California.

 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Iran lemon hybrid

 

 

Iran lemon hybrid tree
Iran lemon hybrid close up
Iran lemon hybrid sliced open
Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.
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