Citrus reticulata Blanco

CRC 3817
PI 433261
VI 393 (No longer available)

Source

Received as budwood from Japan, via Glen Dale & CCPP, 1979.

Parentage/origins

Reported to be a graft chimera of a satsuma mandarin and Citrus natsudaidai

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November

Notes and observations

There are two cultivars of naturally occurring chimeras [in Japan], Kobayashi Mikan and Kinkoji Unshiu, and their characteristics have been maintained for over 70 years in Japan. Both are considered to be periclinal chimeras that develop spontaneously at the graft union. Isozyme analysis has confirmed that 'Kobayashi Mikan' consists of L-1 derived from 'Satsuma' mandarin and L-2/L-3 from 'Natsudaidai' (C. natsudaidai" (Yamashita, 1983 quoted in Sugawara et al, 2002). See also Yamashita (1979, 1983) and Samura and Nakahara (1928).

This is reported to be a graft hybrid. This accession received thermotherapy during processing as a foreign import.

EMN, 9/1988: This is probably (according to WPB) a graft hybrid of C. natsudaidai + Satsuma.

EMN, 1/20/1989: Most resembles a medium-small, oblate, medium orange color, moderately rough rinded mandarin. Orange flesh, moderately seedy, tart but could be considered edible in a pinch.

Availability

No longer commercially available in California. This accession no longer has an approved budsource. Please refer to the CCPP for information on another approved budsource or to start a reintroduction inquiry.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Kobayashi mikan