Costa Rica 95 is a Costa Rican Catimor for warm, acidic-soil zones, now confirmed susceptible to leaf rust there.
Costa Rica 95 is a Catimor-group variety (Timor Hybrid 832/1 x Caturra) bred by Costa Rica's ICAFE for warm zones and acidic, aluminum-rich soils. It is one of the varieties WCR specifically names as confirmed, via scientific evaluation, to have lost its historical coffee leaf rust resistance in Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica 95 is a cross of Timor Hybrid and Caturra.
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