Shonan Gold facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shonan Gold (湘南ゴールド) |
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| Hybrid parentage | Citrus flaviculpus hort. ex Tanaka (Ōgonkan) × Citrus unshiu (Swingle) Marcow. cv. Imamura unshiu |
| Cultivar | Shōnan Gold |
| Origin | Kanagawa Agricultural Technology Center (神奈川県農業技術センター), Japan |
Shonan Gold (湘南ゴールド) is a special type of citrus fruit from Japan. It gets its name from its bright, "golden" yellow color. This color comes from its parent plant, a fruit called Ōgonkan, which means "Golden Orange." The Ōgonkan is also bright yellow but is smaller than Shonan Gold.
What is Shonan Gold?
Shonan Gold is a type of citrus fruit that looks like a small orange. It is known for its bright yellow color, which makes it stand out. This fruit is a cross between two different citrus plants. One parent is the Ōgonkan, a small, golden-yellow fruit. The other parent is a type of Satsuma mandarin orange.
How Shonan Gold Was Created
Scientists at an agricultural research center in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, created Shonan Gold. They wanted to make a new fruit that was better than its parents. They "hybridized" the Ōgonkan with a Satsuma mandarin. This means they carefully combined the pollen from one plant with the flower of another to create a new seed.
The goal was to make a fruit that was:
- Bigger than the Ōgonkan (Shonan Gold is about 77 grams or 2.7 ounces on average).
- Easier to peel than its parent fruits.
- Still had the beautiful golden color.
They succeeded in creating Shonan Gold, which is now a popular fruit in Japan.
Images for kids
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2015 Shounan Gold Yuji Kuroiwa Governor Urai Tsurayuki producer Nobuhisa Iwamoto president president than right
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The fruit-thinning symposium held by Kanagawa Agricultural Technology Center and the growers
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Original propagating stock tree
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Blooming
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Packing
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