Bergamot sour orange hybrid
Citrus bergamia Risso
Citrus aurantium ssp. bergamia
CRC 2881
PI 539179
VI 420
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Photos by David Karp, CVC, 3/3/2008 . Photo rights.
Source: Received as budwood from from University of California, Los Angeles, in 1951.
Parentage/origins: Bergamot is thought to be a hybrid of sour orange and citron or lemon. Bergamot has been known in the Mediterranean for several centuries and described as early as 1708.
Rootstocks of accession: Yuma Ponderosa lemon
Season of ripeness at Riverside: The season of maturity is late winter.