Citronvariety
Corsican
Corsican citron was introduced by USDA in 1924; it has a thick rind and seedy, low-acid flesh, and may be the same as Citron of Commerce.
No photo of Corsican yet
No Corsican photo yet
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- low
How to spot it
- Shape
- oval
Origin & family
Field notes
Original source notes
- shape
- oval · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- acidity
- low · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
ucr profile observations
- scope
- Collection source observation, not independently confirmed global cultivar identity
- summary
- Corsican citron is represented by a 1924 USDA introduction. Riverside observations describe thick rind and seedy, low-acid flesh; the profile's proposed Citron of Commerce synonym remains a reported identification.
- source url
- citrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- accession id
- accession:ucr-crc-1795