Accession details

<TT>This accession received thermotherapy during processing as a foreign import (thru CCPP). This is reported to be a graft hybrid (of C. obovoidea and Satsuma). <STRIKE>Kinkoji (C. obovoidea) is described in The Citrus Industry, Vol I, pp 551-552; but it is listed as a pummelo-mandarin hybrid without any mention of it being a graft hybrid; so may not be the same thing.</STRIKE> (EM Nauer, ca 1982)<P> External appearance is like a grapefruit with yellow rind splotched with green. Medium rind thickness, moderately seedy. Flesh is BRIGHT ORANGE IN COLOR (Surprise!). Tender, melting, very juicy. Pleasant flavor but probably too mild or flat for many tastes. (EM Nauer, 11/23/1988)</TT><P> This is indeed a graft-chimera between 'Kinkoji' and 'Unshiu' (Satsuma) as indicated in the references cited in the Pedigree area. It is one of a few graft chimeras maintained at Riverside. More information on this and other Japanese varieties will be added at a later date. (RR Krueger, 04/17/2008)<P><a href="http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/kinkoji_unshiu.html">Additional information and fotos are available from the UC Riverside Citrus Vareity Collection</a>.