Owari Satsuma

Owari is an old satsuma cultivar of ancient and unknown Japanese origin, presumably associated with the former province of Owari. UCR’s quoted 1967 account identifies Frost and Silverhill as U.S. nucellar selections derived from Owari.^⁠[1]

UCR describes Owari fruit as generally oblate, with a thin, easily peeled rind and bright-orange, tender, juicy, seedless flesh with mild flavor. It advises prompt harvest because fruit does not hold well on the tree, while storage after harvest is good. Source-specific grower tastings also repeatedly report easy peel, juice, and low seediness, but their sweetness and ripening observations remain tied to each sample and growing context.^{⁠[1]⁠[3]⁠[13]}

Tree moderately vigorous but slow-growing,; medium-small, spreading and drooping; very productive.^⁠[1]

Iwamasa’s 1988 diagram places Ikiriki in the selection lineage leading to Owari, and shows Owari as a branching point that includes Nagahashi. These historical cultivar paths do not identify a particular CRC accession.^⁠[22]