History

Imported

UCR records the Etrog accession as sourced from Israel via Glen Dale, Maryland, and the California Clonal Protection Program in 1983. At UCR it is identified as CRC 3891, PI 508265, and VI 426.

• Citrus Clonal Protection ProgramOther

  UCR CRC 3891 lists the source route as Israel via Glen Dale, Maryland, and the California Clonal Protection Program in 1983. This records only the source-route entry; the page does not document processing or transfer actions by this party.

• UC Riverside Citrus Research CenterOther

  The UCR record identifies the accession as CRC 3891 and records its source route. This note does not assert conservation work beyond the collection record.

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Other

UCR’s note “EMN, 12/1988” records fruit harvested at Lindcove and examined. It reports that the fruit matched the Citrus Industry Ethrog description closely, except that very few fruits retained persistent styles.

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Other

UCR’s reproduced historical account places citron in western Asia and the Mediterranean and reports Etrog use in the Feast of Tabernacles from the time of Alexander Jannaeus (104–78 BCE). This is broad citron/Etrog history, not the age or identity of CRC 3891.

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Other

UCR reports that the Etrog accession received thermotherapy and shoot-tip grafting during processing as a foreign import.

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Other

UCR says the exact variety at Riverside is uncertain and reports that specialists who examined fruit and photographs suggest Ordang; it remains an unconfirmed identification.

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