The citron

Citron

Not to be confused with Cintron.The citron is a fragrant citrus fruit, botanically classified as Citrus medica by both the Swingle and Tanaka systems...

 of Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 is a very fragrant citrus

Citrus

Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...

 fruit, which is named after its most known origin of cultivation.

History

It was first carefully described by Johann Christoph Volkamer

Johann Christoph Volkamer

Johann Christoph Volkamer was a German merchant, manufacturer and botanist.-Life:Johann Christoph Volkamer was the son of the physician Johann George Volkamer. He was occupied by hobby with the botany and maintained a garden in the today's Nurembergian Gostenhof district...

 in his Hesperides as well as by others.

This variety is one parent of the Bizzaria

Bizzaria

The Bizzaria of Florence, which is probably the first plant chimera obtained, is a graft between the florentine citron and sour orange. It produces branches of regular Florentine Citron including such leaves, and from the other side branches of sour orange. The most interesting part of it is the...

 chimaera.

Unlike some other citron varieties, this variety was never reported to be used as Etrog

Etrog

Etrog refers to the yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jews on the week-long holiday of Sukkot.While in modern Hebrew this is the name for any variety of citron, its English usage applies to those varieties and specimens used as one of the Four Species...

 by Jews

Jews

The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...

 in the Feast of Tabernacles. The most popular variety respected by Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities is also Italian

Italy

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, namely the Genoese citron

Diamante citron

The Diamante citron is a variety of citron named after the city of Diamante which is its most known cultivation point. Diamante is located in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, on the south-western coast of Italy...

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External links

• The Gardeners Dictionary By Philip Miller
• The complete distiller By Ambrose Cooper
• The Complete Confectioner
• Fiorenza Brioni in Italian
• The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman By Richard Weston