China S-9 Satsuma mandarin

Citrus unshiu Marcovitch

CRC 4061

VI 636

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights.

Source: Received as budwood from Dr. Huang, Hubei, PR, China.

Parentage/origins: Collected in Hubei Province, PRC, by Dr. H. Huang, Auburn University, in 1995 and given to CCPP for introduction/quarantine.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: October to December

Notes and observations:

This line was "brought back into China from Japan and [has a name, which has not been translated into English]" (letter from WA Dozier, Chair, Auburn University of Horticulture, to DJ Gumpf, 08-28-1995). Collector rated tree vigor and fruit quality as 'acceptable', and cold hardiness as 'good'.

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

CVC Fruit Quality Data for China S-9 Satsuma mandarin