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C-190 Citrumelo

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C-190 Citrumelo

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C-190 Citrumelo

September1983Riverside, California, United States
Other
Don Cole obtained budwood from a rootstock sprout growing on tree 12D-22-1 in the W. P. Bitters tristeza trial plot. The source tree had been inoculated with tristeza.
- Don ColeCollector
  Obtained budwood in September 1983 from a rootstock sprout growing in the W. P. Bitters tristeza trial plot.
- W. P. “Bill” BittersOther
  The source tree was growing as a rootstock sprout in Bitters’ tristeza evaluation plot.
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December1988Riverside, California, United States
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A UCR collection note dated December 1988 states that M. Roose checked fruit morphology and ran an isozyme test, determining this accession is distinct from CRC 3821, another Hall grapefruit × trifoliate hybrid. The note date does not establish when the checks were performed.
- Mikeal L. RooseOther
  Examined fruit morphology and conducted an isozyme comparison to distinguish C-190 from the separate Hall grapefruit × trifoliate accession CRC 3821.
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