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VI-396/CRC-3881 (Citrondarin)
drymifolia:
I got this one from CCPP a couple years ago and last season I had the first flower (just one) which set a fruit. It got blown off (prematurely, I think) by a wind storm last night.
I had heard from the UC person that it is horrible tasting, but I juiced it and the juice wasn't that terrible. Tasted somewhere on the lemon to grapefruit spectrum, none of that weird trifoliate funk, but you'd have to sweeten it a lot (or hope it gets a lot more sweet when more ripe) before anyone would label it enjoyable.
The seeds have an interesting distinctive reddish patch on the bottom end:
Here's the UC accession description:
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3881
Zitrusgaertner:
UC Riverside states it was a chimera like "Prague". Same parts: poncirus+satsuma. Thus CRC-3881 would not be a Citrondarin.
drymifolia:
--- Quote from: Zitrusgaertner on February 26, 2025, 03:53:29 PM ---UC Riverside states it was a chimera like "Prague". Same parts: poncirus+satsuma. Thus CRC-3881 would not be a Citrondarin.
--- End quote ---
UC Riverside also calls it a citrondarin on that same page, so I'm just deferring to their name for it. Usually people call Prague a "citsuma" so citrondarin has a similar structure and just uses "mandarin" for the second half instead of "satsuma".
sc4001992:
That was my review about a year ago, the fruit was terrible, I know a few others that grow it and said the same.
Here's the old post, my fruits were fully ripe, orange outside.
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=43492.msg513242#msg513242
Wahl:
It does not look like a Prague. They say "The tree has trifoliate leaves and fruit that is somewhat like satsuma." that means it should have a good taste. If you have extra seeds I would love to try growing them here in zone 7 to test cold hardness.
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