{"product_id":"ponkan-mandarin-budwood","title":"Ponkan Mandarin Budwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"separator-line-gold-below\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCitrus reticulata.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePonkan is probably the most widely-grown mandarin in the world, being heavily-grown in China, India, and Brazil.It is a vigorous grower and has an upright bearing. At maturity it is a medium-sized tree. Ponkan fruits are usually oblate in shape, with a loosely-adherent thick rind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFruit large (for a mandarin), globose to moderately oblate; base commonly with strong furrowed but relatively short neck or low collar; apex usually deeply depressed and with radiating furrows; sometimes with naval.  Rind medium-thick, fairly loosely adherent; surface relatively smooth but pebbled, with prominent, sunken oil glands; orange-colored at maturity.  Segments about 10, easily separable; axis large and hollow.  Flesh color orange; tender and melting, juicy; flavor mild and pleasant, and aromatic.  Seeds few, small, plump, and polyembryonic; cotyledons light green.  Early midseason in maturity.  Loses quality and rind puffs if not picked when ripe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTree commonly vigorous and distinctive in appearance because of pronounced upright growth habit.  Productive but with strong alternate-bearing tendency.  Reported to be less cold-resistant than most mandarins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the famous and highly reputed ponkan of South China and Formosa, the Batangas mandarin of the Philippines, and the Nagpur suntara or santra (various other spellings) of India.  Other names that occur in literature include Swatow orange and Chinese Honey orange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRootstocks of accession:  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCarrizo citrange, C-35 citrange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeason of ripeness at Riverside, California:  \u003cspan\u003eNovember to January\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cpp.ucr.edu","offers":[{"title":"3 buds","offer_id":52992091914534,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 buds budstick","offer_id":52992091947302,"sku":null,"price":86.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5730\/1030\/files\/image_50bcdef2-7688-4afe-a482-d0762764817e.png?v=1775629899","url":"https:\/\/evergreenbotany.com\/pl\/products\/ponkan-mandarin-budwood","provider":"EVERGREEN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}