Korai tachibana

CRC 3228
PI 539454

Source

Received as seed from Y. Tanaka, Shizuka Pref., Japan, 1957.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. Open pollinated seedling.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown at this time.

Notes and observations

Notes from T. Tanaka in CITROLOGIA, pg. 34, Univ. Osaka, Japan, 1961: Indigenous plants have extremely spiny erect trunk having very spiny branches, lg lvs, fr sm may reach 6 cm in dia & 4 cm tall, depressed globose, always irreg and roughened, similarly depressed & concave at both ends. Rind thick, many seeds, pulp acid. Should be tried as rootstock when C. junos suffers. 3/87- Small fruit, shriveled on tree.--EMN 11/23/88- Tanaka description above is good. Unattractive, small, yellow-orange fruit--very sour.--EMN

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

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