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AssigneeFruit Tree Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
InventorsRyoji Matsumoto, Masashi Yamamoto, Yoshi Yamada, Naomi Okudai, Hidekazu Ikemiya, Kensuke Asada, Iwao Oiyama, deceased, Hirono Murata, Katsuichi Yoshinaga, Meisaku Koizumi, Toru Iwanami
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Disclosed is a citrus tree having a moderate spreading vigor, and bearing medium size and round shaped fruit with a deep orange skin color and a low acidity. This new and distinct variety of citrus tree is an early maturing citrus cultivar, is fairly resistant to diseases, was bred by a crossing of "T-378" (the seed parent) and "Page" (the pollen parent), bears good quality fruit, and is an excellent citrus cultivar.
A new and distinct variety of citrus tree, substantially as illustrated and described herein, characterized over known citrus trees by (A) having a moderate vigor with a growth habit of slightly spreading;
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The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of citrus tree, and more particularly, to a citrus tree maturing early in the season, having a fruit with an easy peeling characteristic, a good appearance and bearing an excellent table fruit.
In Japan, the variety `Kiyomi`, which is a late maturing cultivar, has been cultured, to provide a table fruit, but the fruit of this variety may have an undesirable peeling characteristic, and their flesh is low in (eating) quality. On the contrary, the fruit of the present cultivar has a low acidity level and a moderate sweetness, to provide a good table fruit; the fruit produced by the same has an easy peeling characteristic and a good appearance; and the present variety is an early maturing cultivar.
The breeding by the present breeders has been aimed at obtaining a new variety that can replace `Kiyomi` Namely, the object of the invention is to provide a new and distinct variety of citrus tree ripening early in the season, having an easy peeling characteristics and a good appearance, and bearing an excellent table fruit.
FIG. 1 gives the pedigree of the new and distinct variety of the citrus tree `Amakusa`;
FIG. 2 is a photograph of a shape of the new variety of citrus tree;
FIG. 3 is a photograph of the flowers of the new variety of citrus tree;
The characteristics of the new and distinct variety of citrus tree `Amakusa` are as follows:
Tree and branch:
Habit of branches.--Slightly spreading.