UCR Budwood: uncommon/rare varieties, suggestions

[brettay]

Hello all, I was hoping that people could make some recommendations regarding interesting/rare citrus varieties available through the UCR budwood program but not available elsewhere (e.g. Four Winds).  A couple of varieties that I would recommend include:

1. Miho satsuma
2. Tahitian pummelo
3. Rotuma island orange
4. Shiranui mandarin
5. Valentine pummelo (although 4 Winds carries this now)

Any other suggestions?  Thanks.

-Brett

[mrtexas]

Where do you live? Shiranui is in short supply and may not be available.

What do you like about rotuma blood orange?

[brettay]

I am mainly interested in other people's suggestions but threw out a few myself.  I recently was able to get Shiranui from UCR, so it hopefully will become more readily available to all.  While mandarins do great in my environment, I have had a bit of a tough time getting oranges to fully develop appropriate sweetness.  I have heard anecdotal evidence that Rotuma can achieve this even in relatively cool climates.  This mainly came from Axel at the cloudforest site who stated Rotuma was one of his best tasting oranges even in the cool Santa Cruz mountains.

-Brett

[waxy]

Hello all, I was hoping that people could make some recommendations regarding interesting/rare citrus varieties available through the UCR budwood program but not available elsewhere (e.g. Four Winds).  A couple of varieties that I would recommend include:

1. Miho satsuma
2. Tahitian pummelo
3. Rotuma island orange
4. Shiranui mandarin
5. Valentine pummelo (although 4 Winds carries this now)

Any other suggestions?  Thanks.

-Brett

Try your local OSH, they had a Miho Wase Satsuma several years ago when I was just looking around for some flowers.
You may be able to ask them to special order your trees, but it's not always a guarantee when on that list.
I grew mine into a bonsai and it's doing very well.

Lowes has the Owari Satsuma and Home Depot sometimes gets the Original Satsuma.