Citrus limon L. Burm.f.
CRC 3748
PI 539208
Source
Received as live trees from John Carpenter, USDCS, Indio, CA, 1971.
Parentage/origins
Parents unknown.
Rootstocks of accession
Yuma Ponderosa lemon
Season of ripeness at Riverside
Unknown at this time.
Notes and observations
*Received at CRC as 3 trees in containers. Seedling of a lemon type used as a rootstock in Chiengmai area. Seed sent to USDCS by R. Mann from Chiengmai, Thailand.
EMN, 11/12/1987: Compact tree. New growth purple. Leaves large with wide winged petiole- like pummelo or grapefruit. Long, sharp spines. Fruit medium large, globose, flattened at apex, yellow, smooth rind, internal appearance like a thick-rinded lemon; lemon-like flavor, seedy.
Availability
Not commercially available in California.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Unnamed lemon hybrid (CRC 3748)