Miyagawa Satsuma Mandarin Budwood

Citrus unshiu.

Fruit large (for satsuma), moderately oblate, with thin and smooth rind.  Seedless.  Juice abundant, sugars and acid well-blended, and quality excellent.  Matures very early and stores well for Wase Unshû.

Tree more vigorous than most old Wase clones, and productive. 

Currently the best known and the most extensively grown of the Wase varieties.

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

Season of ripeness in the climatic conditions of Riverside, California: October to December.

* The plant in the first tree image is a 9 year old tree, on Rich 16-6 rootstock. The second is a 9 year old tree, on Carrizo rootstock.

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