Aoshima Satsuma mandarin

Citrus unshiu Marcovitch

CRC 4066

VI 584

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights. 

Source: Received as budwood from New Zealand.

Parentage/origins: Reported to be a bud mutation of 'Owari' Satsuma mandarin, discovered in 1950.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: November to January

Notes and observations:

'Aoshima' is an 'Owari' mutant discovered by H. Aoshima in 1950 in Fukudaga Valley, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is one of the leading late-maturing varieties of satsuma; harvested from mid-December to early January.

Availability: Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Aoshima Satsuma mandarin

CVC Fruit Quality Data for Aoshima Satsuma mandarin