Citrus sp. 'Yuzu No1' (Citrus junos)
Price
17 €with VAT
20 €
-15 %
15,18 € without VAT
Availability:
Skladem
Weight:
1.5 kg
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- It was created by a natural cross between mandarin and ichiang papeda, it comes from China, where it grows wild, it was already known 2500 years ago, it has been cultivated in Japan for over 1000 years, even in the colder areas of Kochi and Tokushima prefectures. It grows at an altitude of 1400 m.
- Shrub or medium-tall, erect, very thorny tree, leaves lanceolate, pointed, slightly toothed, winged petioles reach 1/3 the length of the blade, young shoots reddish. It tolerates temperature drops down to -12°C.
- Fruits small to medium-sized (4.5-7 cm), light for their size (100 g), flattened, pericarp greenish, yellow to orange, thicker, rough, bumpy, easy to peel, sweet, edible, used like vegetables.
- Flesh amber yellow, soft, sour, bitter with a resinous aroma, has little juice, 11-12 segments and many seeds. It is harvested from October to March, the fruits are replaced by lemons and limes in some areas.
- In Japan, they make vinegar and citric acid from the juice, the fruits are used in harvest ceremonies and in a number of dishes and for decoration, it is also used in Korean cuisine. It is widely used as a rootstock in breeding for its rapid growth.
- It is also suitable for indoor cultivation with cold winters. It is grown in other forms, e.g. 'Kinnosu', 'N°1-754', 'Xiecheng', 'Zhenchen', which have fewer seeds. The flesh of some clones is bitter or inedible, while others have a sour, pleasant taste.
- It was used in Japan as a cold-resistant rootstock, but it is being replaced by poncirum and its hybrids, currently it is only used for the variety 'Tankan'.
- plant grafted onto Poncirus trifoliata rootstock