Citrus reticulata Blanco
CRC 3952
PI 539246
VI 461
Source
Received as budwood from Japan, 1985.
Parentage/origins
Miyagawa-wase (Satsuma mandarin) X Trovita orange cross at the Okitsu Branch, Fruit Research Station.
Rootstocks of accession
Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange
Season of ripeness at Riverside
Unknown.
Notes and observations
This cultivar is under test agreement. Must get release from Japanese before any budwood leaves University control. Information on this is in E.M. Nauer "Foreign Imports" file. Import put directly into thermotherapy; no pre-index--EMN 1986. From Citrograph 72(2): 29-30, 32, Dec. 1986: Acreage of Kiyomi is increasing in Japan. Kiyomi originated from a Miyagawa-wase (Satsuma mandarin) X Trovita orange cross at the Okitsu Branch, Fruit Research Station. It is a most promising tangor. Fruit are medium-large (150-200 g), flat, seedless, juicy, and orange scented. 'Miyagawa' satsuma x 'Trovita' orange.
Availability
Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. Click here to order budwood.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Kiyomi tangor