Chandler Pummelo Budwood

Citrus maxima.

The tree grows vigorously to a large size with pendulous branches.  The fruit is large to very large and almost round with a thick yellow rind that is occasionally blushed with pink.  The flesh varies in color from light pink to very dark pink depending upon where it is grown.  The flesh texture is somewhat ricey but still juicy for a pummelo.  The fruits mature early and the flavor is pleasant and sweet.  Chandler fruits are seedy when cross-pollinated by citrus fruits with viable pollen and seedless when grown in a solid block or in proximity to citrus fruits that are pollen sterile, such as navel oranges and Satsuma mandarin. 

Fruit medium in size, oblate to globose; seedy.  Rind medium-thick, smooth, and sometimes faintly pubescent.  Flesh firm but tender, moderately juicy; flavor intermediate between acidless and moderately acid parents.  Early in maturity and stores well.

Rootstocks of accession:  Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange.

Season of ripeness at Riverside, California:  December to February.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.