Yuzu... my new obsession!

[Luisport]

Another one that i'm trying to find but's i couldn't untill now it's the dekopon mandarine. If there are anyone that knows a place that sells it, please tell me. Thank's! 

[Millet]

Dekopon is a fantastic tasting fruit.
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[Luisport]

Dekopon is a fantastic tasting fruit.
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Thank's my friend! Yes it seams to, but impossible to get here in Europe... I'm thinking to grow it by seed because it's nucellar. I will hask if anyone that have it can share some seeds with me... 

[Millet]

Louisport, too bad you did not mention wanting a Dekpon seed before the Citrus Expo.  The Dekopon on the judging table had a couple plump seeds.  I could have taken one and sent it to you.   I have two Dekopon trees, one growing in the ground, and one as a container tree.  If I find a seed I'll post it here.

[Florian]

I'd sure love to have a dekopon seed or two too, Millet .

[Sylvain]

Your yuzus have less seeds?

What do you mean? The pictures are from a yuko (I corrected the typo), not from a yuzu.
My yuzus are hon yuzus (the common yuzu) and have many seeds but I don't care because the main interest of yuzus is the zest.

[Luisport]

Louisport, to bad you did not mention wanting a Dekpon seed before the Citrus Expo.  The Dekopon on the judging table had a couple plump seeds.  I could have taken one and sent it to you.   I have two Dekopon trees, one growing in the ground, and one as a container tree.  If I find a seed I'll post it here.

Thank's a lot my friend! I will wait for your seeds. You are my only hope... 

[Luisport]

Your yuzus have less seeds?

What do you mean? The pictures are from a yuko (I corrected the typo), not from a yuzu.
My yuzus are hon yuzus (the common yuzu) and have many seeds but I don't care because the main interest of yuzus is the zest.

Hi! My friend i don't know, my knowlege regarding yuzu is very basic. I don't know much about yuzu varieties... 

[Heinrich]

Two years ago, I bought this Yuzu.

It has quite small leaves and some large thorns.

It was only this year, when I was told, that it´s grown from seed and has not yet fruited. Therefore, I acquired another Yuzu. The new plant has much larger leaves and small thorns. I suppose, this is the Yuzu most widely grown in European citrus collections. 

A comparison of the Yuzu plants. Both are grafted on trifoliate citrus.

[Luisport]

The second one looks much better...  Congratulations!

[Ilya11]

The first one is definitely not a Yuzu. Some papeda, probably ichangensis.

[Luisport]

Another Japanese hibrid using yuzu that seams very interesting is the hyuganatzu... but impossible to get i think. 

[SoCal2warm]

I believe Hyuganatsu is probably a hybrid between Buntan (pomelo) and yuzu. However, there's no information about whether it demonstrates any unusual cold hardiness.

I planted a pomelo and yuzu right next to each other so hopefully in a few years I can try to see if any of the seeds turn out to be a hybrid.

[mikkel]

an old link about Tadanishiki
http://web.archive.org/web/20160504014613/http://www.nielsrodin.com/blog.html?page=2

[Heinrich]

The first one is definitely not a Yuzu. Some papeda, probably ichangensis.

Indeed, the plants are very different. Beside the differences already mentioned, the first plant has distinctive pale green leaves. Further, the citrusy smell of crushed leaves is not as perceivable as in the true Yuzu.

[Luisport]

Thank's! 

[mikkel]

@Heinrich where did you buy the plants? Are they from Hrn Meeder?

[Heinrich]

Eugen Schleipfer

[mikkel]

also keine Yuzu Strada Montana

[Heinrich]

can't be Yuzu Strada Montana, because my plant isn't mature yet.

[SoCal2warm]

I just picked a fruit off the tree



I tasted it and it actually wasn't all that bad, like lemon and Clementine, but very dry (like a rough lemon). It was full of seeds, but I could see eating these in a survival situation or foraging while on a nature hike.

[Luisport]

Hello everyone! Any one knows what variety is yuzu nº3? It's a good one? Thank's! 

[Ilya11]

It is selected and named by French citrus guru Alias

Citrus junos yuzu n°3 R-18°c maturité:OCT-NOV qualité: XXXXX

[Radoslav]

So,

1. it is not strange to buy citrus seeds from seedless cultivar, seedless cultivars have seeds too, but very few, for example 1 seed per 20 fruits.

2. Yuzu does not grow true to type from seed.

3. Because of 2. each village has usually its own cultivar.
Lines are called kei

Important selections are:


1.木頭系（きとう）Kitō-kei (kitō)
2.海野系（かいの）Umino-kei
3.早生種の「山根系」Yamane-kei  やまねゆず（はやしげる）Yamane yuzu (haya Shigeru)
The Yamane - kei was selected in Mr. Yamane 's garden in Anan City.  Fruits are large  and flat.
山根（やまね）
4.平の香（たいらのかおり）Hira no ka (tai-ra no Kaori)
seedling which seems to originate from Yuzu in Kinno village, Naka gun, Tokushima prefecture.
The shape of the fruit is somewhat height compared with the conventional type of Yuzu, and the concave ring around the fruit part protrudes considerably in a disk shape, the peel is yellow orange thick , the fragrance is strong.
5.物部系  Monobe-kei
6.種なしの (多田錦（ただにしき)) Tada nishiki

[SoCal2warm]

2. Yuzu do not grow true to type from seed.

I think I read somewhere that Yuzu is polyembryonic, which would mean it strongly produces mostly nucellar seeds.

However, even if that were not the case I would still expect Yuzu to produce relatively true to seed if pollination did not come from a different variety.