Soheila citron hybrid

Soheila citron hybrid
Citrus hybrid

CRC 4257
VI 941

Source

Received as budwood from Paradise Nursery, Chatsworth, Ca, via CCPP, 10/2020.

Parentage/origins

This variety was accessioned without receiving much information about its background or pedigree. Based on observations of the first tree to bear fruit at our Lindcove research center, we have determined this variety is a citron hybrid of some type.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, US 942

Season of ripeness at Riverside

December to January

Notes and observations

TJS, KMT 1/22/2025: Fruits appear to be large, yellow, with very pebbly rind. Size is round yet oblong towards fruit apex. Aromatics and oils of external rind similar to that of citron. Leaves are slightly smaller than true pummelo-types, but less similar to true citron, shaped elliptical to ovate. Medium-small sized leaf petiole wing. Young leaf flush purple-red, presence of anthocyanin. Albedo slightly sponge-like texture, vesicles less coarse than true citrons. Sour, slightly bitter taste. Moderately seedy.