Shekwasha Mandarin: History

1930Riverside, California, United States
Imported
The Shekwasha accession maintained as CRC 2448 was received at Riverside as a live plant from CPB in 1930. Its original label identified it as Citrus pectinifera “Squeequassa” Tanaka from Japan. UCR also lists it as PI 109754.
- USDA Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding InvestigationsOther
  Source program from which the CRC 2448 live plant was received at Riverside in 1930.
- UC Riverside Citrus Experiment StationCollector
  Received and maintained the Shekwasha accession CRC 2448.
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Date unknown
Other
UCR records no known parents for its Shekwasha accession CRC 2448. The original label identifies it as Citrus pectinifera “Squeequassa” Tanaka, Japan; that label documents the accession, not the variety’s geographic origin.
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Imported