Corsican citron

Short description: Variety of fruit

Corsican citron

The Corsican citron (called alimea in Corsican and cedrat in French) is a citron variety that contains a non-acidic pulp.

The name is from its most original cultivation center which is even today, at the France Island of Corsica or Corse. It is said to be one of the first citrus fruit to reach the Corsican soil.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History, production and uses
* 1.1 Etrog
* 2 Description
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History, production and uses

Traditionally, it was one of the most important varieties employed in Succade production. The fruit used to be shipped to Genoa, Italy, where it was de-pulped in the large centers in Livorno, hence its name the Citron of Commerce.

With 45,000 tons per year, Corsica was once the world's leading producer of citron. The historian Laurence Pinelli explains:[1]

“  | Citron was a source of considerable wealth for Corsica. It shaped the landscape, added a great deal to our culinary heritage and boosted the island's economy considerably.  | ”

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### Etrog

For a short period of time Genoese merchants, who always supplied fruit for the Jewish ritual of Etrog, used to ship also some amount of this Corsican variety, while there was not enough available from Diamante. This tradition terminated due to competition with the Greek citron which was considered to be of extraordinary beauty.[2]

Today, the citron is cooked with sugar to produce a jam.

## Description

Corsican citrons on the tree

This slow-growing tree reaches a height of about 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 ft), open and spreading, rather small according to different varieties. It is medium-thorny with some large, stout spines. The very fragrant blossom appears in March–April and lasts until September, producing good honey with honey bees. Flowers, buds and new growth are not purple-tinted.

The tree produces large fruit, ellipsoid to very slightly obovate; basal area slightly depressed and radially furrowed; apical nipple suppressed or indistinct. The fruit is lemon-yellow when ripe. Its rind is very thick and fleshy, sweet with some bitter after-taste; surface rather rough, bumpy, and commonly somewhat ribbed. The flesh of the fruit is crisp and solid, lacking in juice; it has a sweet flavour without acid. The seeds are white-yellowish. This giant citron can measure up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in length and weigh up to 4 kg (8.8 lb).[3][4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The citron. Portail officiel du tourisme en Corse". http://www.visit-corsica.com/en/Get-inspired/All-the-reasons/A-land-of-a-thousand-flavours/The-citron.
2. ↑ The Saga of Citron
3. ↑ "The Divine Aroma of Citron". Visit-Corsica. http://www.visit-corsica.com/en/Discoveries-and-visits/Art-of-living/The-divine-aroma-of-citron.. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
4. ↑ "Corsican citron". University of California, Riverside. http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/corsican.html. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

## External links

* Citrons and their hybrids U.C. Riverside
* Citrus medica Purdue University
* Alimea
* Citrons Citrus Pages
* Citrus medica Home Citrus Growers
* Plant Immigrants
* The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons
* The Pharmaceutical Journal-Consular report
* Citron Leaves book, the trade of Corsican citrons through Leghorn and/or the United States
* The Gardeners Chronicle
* Biennial Report
* Report Google Books
* Parliamentary Papers
* The Dublin REview
* Monthly Consular
* Bulletin Victoria
* Science

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Citrus

True species|

* Australian and Papuan wild limes
* Citron
* Clymenia
* Indian wild orange
* Ichang papeda
* Kumquat
* Mandarin
* Mangshanyegan
* Micrantha
* Pomelo

Major hybrids|

* Grapefruit
* Lemon
* Lime
* Orange

True and hybrid
cultivars|

* Alemow
* Amanatsu
* Bergamot orange
* Bizzaria
* Bitter orange
* Blood lime
* Blood orange
* Byeonggyul
* Cam sành
* Cara cara navel
* Cheonhyehyang
* Cherry orange
* Citrange
* Citrumelo
* Clementine
* Daidai
* Dekopon
* Fairchild tangerine
* Florentine citron
* Hassaku orange
* Hebesu
* Hyuganatsu
* Imperial lemon
* Iyokan
* Jabara
* Jaffa orange
* Kabbad
* Kabosu
* Kaffir lime
* Kakadu lime
* Kalpi
* Key lime
* Khasi papeda
* Kinnow
* Kishumikan
* Kiyomi
* Komikan
* Laraha
* Lemonade fruit
* Lumia
* Mandelo
* Mandora
* Melanesian papeda
* Melogold
* Meyer lemon
* Murcott
* Myrtle-leaved orange tree
* Ōgonkan
* Orangelo/Chironja
* Oroblanco
* Palestinian sweet lime
* Persian lime
* Pixie mandarin
* Ponderosa lemon
* Ponkan
* Rangpur
* Reikou
* Rhobs el Arsa
* Rough lemon
* Sanboken
* Satsuma mandarin
* Setoka
* Shangjuan
* Shonan Gold
* Sudachi
* Sweet lemon
* Sweet limetta
* Tangelo
* Tangerine
* Tangor
* Ugli fruit
* Valencia orange
* Variegated pink lemon
* Winged lime
* Xã Đoài orange
* Yuukou mandarin
* Yuzu

Citrons|

* Balady citron
* Corsican citron
* Diamante citron
* Fingered citron/Buddha's hand
* Greek citron
* Moroccan citron
* Yemenite citron

Mandarin oranges|

* Cleopatra mandarin
* Shīkwāsā
* Nanfengmiju
* Tachibana

Papedas|

* Citrus halimii/Mountain "citron"
* Ichang papeda

Pomelos|

* Banpeiyu
* Dangyuja

Australian and Papuan citrus
(Microcitrus, Eromocitrus,
Clymenia and Oxanthera subgenera)|

* Australian outback lime
* Australian round lime
* Brown River finger lime
* Desert lime
* Mount white lime (Microcitrus)
* New Guinea wild lime
* Russell River lime
* Clymenia
* Oxanthera

Kumquat hybrids
(×Citrofortunella)|

* Calamansi
* Citrangequat
* Limequat
* Orangequat
* Procimequat
* Sunquat
* Yuzuquat

Related genera
(perhaps properly Citrus)|

* Poncirus/Trifoliate orange
* Feroniella

Drinks|

* Chūhai
* Curaçao
* Dried lime tea (noomi basra)
* Grapefruit juice
* Lemonade
* Limeade
* Orange juice
* Yuja-hwachae
* Yuja tea

Products|

* Calcium citrate
* Citric acid
* Lemonene
* Limonene
* Neroli
* Orange flower water
* Orange oil
* Orangeat
* Succade
* Zest

Diseases|

* Black spot
* Canker
* CTV/Tristeza
* Exocortis
* Greening
* Mal secco
* Phytophthora
* citricola

Citrus botanists|

* Clara H. Hasse
* Robert Willard Hodgson
* Lena B. Smithers Hughes
* David Mabberley
* Clément Rodier
* Robert Soost
* Walter Tennyson Swingle
* Chōzaburō Tanaka
* Ikuro Takahashi
* Johann Christoph Volkamer
* Herbert John Webber

Related topics|

* The Citrus Industry
* Citrus production
* Citrus rootstock
* Citrus taxonomy
* Cold-hardy citrus
* Hesperidium
* Japanese citrus
* List of citrus fruits
* Mother Orange Tree
* Orangery
* University of California Citrus Experiment Station
* University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection

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