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Calrose

California's medium-grain japonica. Calrose was released as a cultivar in 1948; today the name mostly denotes a market type of California medium-grain varieties (such as M-206) that dominate the state's crop. A versatile rice used for everything from sushi at home to everyday steamed rice.

A pale polished rice grain, illustrated for Calrose.
Calrose — representative grain study, polished, not to scale. Appearance alone does not establish variety or protected origin.

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Place

  • grown in Sacramento Valley In preparation

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