Citrus unshiu
| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
|---|
| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
|---|---|---|
| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Citrus unshiu in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
|
|---|
|
Citrus Var. unshiu, Swingle (C. nobilis subsp. genuina var. unshiu, Makino). Satsuma or Unshiu Orange. A small spineless tree, with a spreading dwarf habit: lvs. broad, abruptly narrowed toward the apex, with strongly marked veins on both faces: fls. small, very abundant: fr. depressed-globose, 2-3¼ in. diam., deep orange; pulp orange, very juicy, of a peculiar but agreeable flavor; pith hollow; segms. 9-13; seeds often lacking, when present only few in number, broadly top-shaped, not beaked as in the Mandarin oranges, greenish within.—This very marked orange seems to constitute a botanical variety distinct from the King or the Mandarin oranges, ft is commonly grown in Japan, whence it was intro. into Fla. by Geo. R. Hall in 1876, according to H. H. Hume, "Citrus Fruits and Their Culture," p. 112. 1909. The Satsuma orange is one of the hardiest of all edible citrous frs. Budded on the trifoliate orange, it can be grown in many parts of the Gulf Coast region, where all other citrous frs. except citranges are killed by cold. The Satsuma can be grown best on the trifoliate orange stock. It grows on sweet stock but does not produce as much nor as good fruit and is not so hardy. It makes only a stunted growth on sour orange stock and soon dies. It cannot be grown satisfactorily on light sandy land or on black waxy lands with a marly subsoil where the trifoliate orange does not grow well. It could be grafted on Rusk citrange for the black waxy lime soils of Texas. CH
|
Cultivation
- Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!
Propagation
- Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!
Pests and diseases
- Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!
Species
Gallery
If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.
photo 1
photo 2
photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Citrus unshiu. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Citrus unshiu QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
