Since I knew, I always thought both Narangi and Kinnow as the same thing, untill my brother-in-law who happens to be an software engineer, told me that sometimes in 2009 that they are different, though he didnt have any explanations to support. Since then I wanted to know what exactly this is.....now is know!!! Thanks a lot for the information. Regards Pankaj
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Citrus reticulata, the Kinnow, a fruit mainly from India and Pakistan. It > is a hybrid of two citrus cultivars — "King" (Citrus nobilis) x "Willow > Leaf" (Citrus deliciosa) — first developed by H. B. Frost at the Citrus > Research Centre of the University of California. Punjab Agriculture College > and Research Institute, Lyallpur, introduced the kinnow. In India this > variety was introduced by J. C. Bakhshi in 1954 at the Punjab Agricultural > University, Regional Fruit Research Station, Abohar. It has become an > important variety in the Punjab provinces of both India and Pakistan, > occupying a major part of the area under cultivation for fruit crops. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
