China #7 Satsuma mandarin

Citrus unshiu Marcovitch

CRC 4089

VI 641

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights. 

Source: Received as budwood from William Dozier, Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, Alabama, via Hunan, PR, China.

Parentage/origins: Collected in Hunan, PR, China by Dr. H. Huang, collector's ID HU 5.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: October to December

Notes and observations:

RRK: This vareity is said by the collector to have been reintroduced to PRC from Japan and rated 'good' for tree vigor and cold hardiness and 'very good' for fruit quality. The collector stated that this is named variety but that he could not translate the name into English. One of the 20 satsumas imported from PRC by Dr. W.A. Dozier, Dept. of Horticulture, Auburn University, and sent to CCPP for cleanup.

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

CVC Fruit Quality Data for China #7 Satsuma mandarin