Shonan Gold
Appearance
Shonan Gold (湘南ゴールド) is a variety of Japanese citrus. Its name comes from its "golden" or bright yellow color. The color is inherited from its mother tree, a variety called Ōgonkan or "Golden Orange," which is also bright yellow but smaller. It was hybridized with a variety of Satsuma mandarin orange to obtain an improved variety which was larger (about 77 grams or 2. 7 ounces on average) and easier to peel. The variety was developed at the agricultural experiment station run by Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Manago, Masafumi; Suzuki, Sin-ichi; Suzuki, Makoto; Asada, Shin-ichi (2004). "Kankitsu shin hinshu shōnan gōrudo (A New Citrus Cultivar 'Shonan-gold')". Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute. 145: 35–41. ISSN 0388-8231. Archived from the original (agris) on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-02-22. Agriknowledge (with PDF link)Agri-kanagawa (pdf)[permanent dead link]