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A New Variety of Kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia Swingle) ‘Tainung No.1 Citrine’
The appearance of kumquat fruits ‘Tainung No.1 Citrine’ and two other examined comparable varieties (‘Meiwa’ and ‘Nagami’).
The appearance of kumquat fruits ‘Tainung No.1 Citrine’ and two other examined comparable varieties (‘Meiwa’ and ‘Nagami’).

Author:Chia-Hui Tang*, Ming-Hsiung Lu, and Wu-Hsiung Tsai

Abstract:

    A new kumquat variety ‘Tainung No.1 Citrine’ has been selected and released jointly by the Chiayi Agricultural Experiment Station of Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute and Na-tional Chiayi University in July of 2009. There are two distinctive characteristics of this newly released variety. Firstly, its fruit has better eating quality than ‘Nagami’ kumquate, with sweet sour taste, desirable soluble solids (16.4°Brix) and low titratable acid (0.57%). Secondly, its fruit has a larger weight than ‘Meiwa’ kumquat, more than 16 g per fruit. Fruit of this variety can be harvested from the middle of January till early February, approximately 1.5 month later than major variety ‘Nagami’ kumquat. However, the harvest season can be managed to early December at time when color of fruit peel turning pale green.

Key words:Breeding, Texture of pulp, Taste of pulp, Storage ability

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Taiwan Agricultural Research
Vol. 72, No.3 (2023) ISSN: 2790-086X Vol. 72, No.3 (2023)
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