Dart South Satsuma mandarin

Citrus unshiu Marcovitch

CRC 4099

VI 557

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights.

Source: Received as budwood from Lange Ranch, Dart South Avenue, Woodlake, California.

Parentage/origins: One of several owari satsuma budlines collected from Central Valley by Kim Bowman and Raul Gonzales.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: October to November

Notes and observations:

8/7/2007, RRK: In the early 1990s, 6 budlines of 'Owari' satsumas (RCRC 4098, PI 600668/RCRC 4099, RCRC 4100, PI 600669/RCRC 4101, RCRC 4102, RCRC 4103) were collected from Tulare County, California in the hope of finding a superior-performing selection for San Joaquin Valley conditions. However, interest in these quickly waned and they are not currently maintained by CCPP as commercial bud sources. It is not known at this time how they are supposed to differ or be superior to the standard selection of 'Owari' ('Frost Owari', PI 539689/RCRC 3178).

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

CVC Fruit Quality Data for Dart South Satsuma mandarin