Sacaton Citrumelo: Sources | World of Citrus

Summary from transcript: In a Stan McKenzie shipment tasting, the presenter and spouse describe the title-listed Sacaton Citrumelo fruit as large, seeded, soft and juicy, with sour-orange/grapefruit flavour; they compare fresh fruit and equally diluted juice. Auto-generated captions retain cultivar-name uncertainty.

Accessed September 20th

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F2 citrange winter hardiness trial — post #976 (opens in a new tab)

mikkel · The Tropical Fruit Forum · April 22, 2026, 11:52:04 AM (forum display)

https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?msg=580680 (opens in a new tab)

Forum grower report on outdoor potted Sacaton seedlings over several winters. It reports lower survival among monofoliate than trifoliate seedlings, with some survivors. No temperatures, counts, rate, confirmed seed parent, or Sacaton-clone hardiness result.

Accessed September 22nd

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Citrumelo (opens in a new tab)

clarkinks · Growing Fruit · 2026-06-21

https://growingfruit.org/t/citrumelo/80897 (opens in a new tab)

Complete accessible 14-post topic read. Thread started 21 June 2026. Sacaton is discussed by KS_razerback in post 4 (22 June 2026) as a breeding citrumelo with large, juicy fruit and many zygotic seeds; post 12 (21 Aug. 2026) reiterates breeding use, seed production, fruit size and juice. These are forum descriptions, not independently verified measurements or genetics. Post 13 (themulberries, 21 Aug. 2026) mentions Iva Swingle and No. 82; the latter grower says their own No. 82 trees had not fruited.

Accessed September 25th

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Citrus in Zone 5 (post 111) (opens in a new tab)

themulberries · Growing Fruit · 13 August 2026

https://growingfruit.org/t/citrus-in-zone-5/3194/111 (opens in a new tab)

In post 111, the grower compares Sacaton sources: Stan McKenzie’s tree appears more pummelo-like and its seedlings nearly all visually zygotic, while Lyn Citrus produced a fair number of off-types. The grower considers Stan’s stock useful for breeding. These are attributed visual impressions, not an identity test or quantified progeny study.

Accessed September 26th

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The Mulberries scorecard: Sacaton Citrumelo (opens in a new tab)

The Mulberries

https://themulberries.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sacaton-Citrumelo.png (opens in a new tab)

Companion taste scorecard for Sacaton Citrumelo. Printed sweetness/sourness/bitterness ratings are 5/3.5/4; under the owner-directed catalog conversion, scores are 5/6.5/6 (sweetness unchanged; sourness and bitterness are 10 minus printed ratings). This source establishes the printed preference ratings only; it does not supply a verified harvest date or measurement method.

Accessed September 27th

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5star Citrumelo and Sacaton Citrumelo Taste Test (opens in a new tab)

The Mulberries · The Mulberries · 2024-11-16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbF2G0_0iE (opens in a new tab)

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Summary from transcript: The presenter reviews Sacaton alongside Five-Star, reports a 400 g Sacaton fruit, moderate seediness and bitterness, and a spoken 9.5 °Brix reading. English auto-generated captions cover 0:01–37:29. The pH strip reading is approximate; accession and numeric taste-card ratings were not verified.

Accessed September 29th

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Sacaton Citrumelo 🍋 RARE Cold Hardy ❄️ Grapefruit x Trifoliate Hybrid - Fruit Review / Taste?? (opens in a new tab)

Tough Citrus · Tough Citrus · 2023-11-11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAXORxnM9IQ (opens in a new tab)

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Summary from transcript: The presenter squeezes a Sacaton fruit and describes abundant, mild juice with no noticeable trifoliate flavor. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–10:17. Juice volume is estimated, accession and growing site are unknown, and parent-type speculation is unverified.

Accessed September 29th

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Hardy Citrus Reviews & Taste (opens in a new tab)

Josue · Citrus Growers Forum (ProBoards) · 2020-11-12

https://citrusgrowersv2.proboards.com/thread/674/hardy-citrus-reviews-taste (opens in a new tab)

The user supplied an attributed excerpt from this post and its context; the page and surrounding thread were not independently retrieved. The excerpt says four people tasted the fruit, reportedly from Stan McKenzie in South Carolina zone 8a the preceding week.

Accessed September 29th

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Propagation of citrus rootstocks by stem cutting using auxin pretreatments: The case of citrumelo (Citrus paradisi Macf. × Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.) (opens in a new tab)

Anas Fadli, Ayoub El Attaoui, Ouiam Chetto, et al. · Journal of Materials and Environmental Sciences · 2017

https://www.jmaterenvironsci.com/Document/vol8/vol8_N11/430-JMES-2804-Fadli.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Full official journal PDF reviewed. Reports controlled propagation from two-year-old Sacaton and Swingle seedling cuttings, with six-week greenhouse results; not mature-tree fruiting or field hardiness evidence.

Accessed September 29th

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Rootstocks Affect Tree Growth, Yield, and Juice Quality of ‘Marsh’ Grapefruit (opens in a new tab)

W. S. Castle, K. D. Bowman, J. C. Baldwin, J. W. Grosser, and F. G. Gmitter Jr. · HortScience · 2011

https://journals.ashs.org/downloadpdf/journals/hortsci/46/6/article-p841.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Rootstock/scion evidence: Marsh grapefruit trees grafted on Sacaton citrumelo in a Florida trial. Official USDA metadata and full text reviewed; direct journal PDF was unavailable. Do not attribute these grafted-tree observations to Sacaton as its own fruit or a universal performance result.

Accessed September 29th

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Effect of Some Plant Growth Regulators on In Vitro Propagation of Two Citrus Rootstocks (Sacaton Citrumelo and Troyer Citrange) (opens in a new tab)

Israa Rifaat Khairi and Muhammad Abbass Salman · Diyala Agricultural Sciences Journal · 2016

https://journal.djas.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/dasj/article/view/1524 (opens in a new tab)

Journal archive issue metadata and English abstract reviewed; supplied publisher landing page was inaccessible. Reports tissue-culture propagation of Sacaton and Troyer rootstock material, not orchard performance, hardiness, yield, or fruit quality. ResearchGate's 2018 date is an upload date, not publication date.

Accessed September 29th

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Optimizing embryo age and media for enhancing hybrid seedling recovery in sour orange × Sacaton citrumelo crosses through embryo rescue (opens in a new tab)

Anjali Soni et al. · Plant Breeding · 2019

https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12690 (opens in a new tab)

Official Wiley abstract reviewed. Covers embryo-rescue progeny of sour orange × Sacaton citrumelo and SSR hybrid identification. The abstract does not establish maternal/paternal roles; no parentage or ancestry change is supported from the abstract alone.

Accessed September 29th

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Yuma citrange (CRC 3205 / PI 539816) (opens in a new tab)

Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR

https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3205 (opens in a new tab)

The UCR record identifies CRC 3205 / PI 539816 as Yuma citrange. It records a 1988 observation that fruit appeared virtually identical to CRC 3417 Sacaton citrumelo (one of three Sacaton accessions in that collection), then a 2012 note that Yuma and Sacaton might be consolidated if original fruit and tree descriptions could be located. This is unresolved identity context, not proof that Yuma is Sacaton; keep the accessions distinct.

Accessed September 29th

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The Citrus Industry, Vol. I (2nd ed.), Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and Its Wild Relatives (opens in a new tab)

Walter T. Swingle, revised by Philip C. Reece · University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences · 1967

https://web.archive.org/web/20110516091624/http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html (opens in a new tab)

Chapter-level citation; named section locator: citrus genus and species, Sacaton citrumelo profile. Wayback is the retrieval route; original work attribution and publication details are from the book's printed contents.

Accessed October 3rd