Goutoucheng sour orange (CRC 3929)

Citrus aurantium L.

CRC 3929

PI 539170

Photos by David Karp, CVC,  3/3/2008. Photo rights.

Source: Received as seed and grown by R.K. Soost, 1985.

Parentage/origins: Parents unknown. Apparently from the Citrus Research Institute at Beibei, China.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: January to March

Notes and observations:

11/1989, EMN: This accession is listed as "tristeza and salt tolerant" on original USDA spec. list. There is no fruit yet. 

3/3/2008, DK & TS: Trees large. Both flesh and rind are yellow; large seeds; flesh very, very sour; fruit has a flattened bottom.

Availability: Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Goutoucheng sour orange CRC 3929