Please help identify this citrus.
farmerkevin
10 years ago
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Trying again - Please help identify this citrus tree
Comments (2)I think it may be a dwarf grapefruit tree. I've linked to your album below so your pictures will be easy to view. Here is a link that might be useful: newbie76's photo album...See Moreplease help me identify citrus variety
Comments (4)Thanks for your answer! Ugli (or tangelo) is getting close, especially by look, my fruit ins question's skin is thicker and even more gnarled though. The flesh is clearly lemon flavored(a milder watered down version), without tangerine or pomelo flavors, and deffinitely not sweet....Just got done picking- that one little tree gave over 200 lbs. this year.I do have pictures, just didn't know how to post...I can email- TX!...See Moremystery lime-like citrus fruit in Houston - help identify
Comments (21)I have an update on the tree. The current owner e-mailed me, saying that it is, indeed, some kind of a lime tree, but that he didn't know which type. He is in contact with the original owner who planted the tree, and will get back to me with the information. He also said I can have all the limes I want, and offered to lend me his ladder :). If the original owner doesn't remember or I don't hear back, I will take the leaves and fruit for identification. The current owner's recollection is that the tree came from a local nursery, so it might be some common sweet lime. I will try to get better pictures....See MorePlease help me identify this citrus tree
Comments (1)Considering the upright growth habit and the big thorns on your tree, it is surely a seedling (as opposed to a grafted or cutting-grown) tree. So it is juvenile. Until it reaches maturity, it won't flower. From the appearance of the leaves, I'd say it is most likely a sour orange (Citrus aurantium), and if so, it is likely a sprout from the base of a previously grafted tree that froze at some time in the past. So the tree is a rootstock. It is possible that it's a grapefruit seedling, but it looks to me more like sour orange. If grapefruit, it will be quite cold-susceptible, especially while small. Sour orange is fairly cold-hardy and may be ok, especially if it is in a protected site. In either case, the lack of fruit is the due to the juvenility of the tree. It needs to get substantially taller, at which time it should start blooming. 9 feet is likely close, so it could be in the next couple years, assuming you don't prune it off, and that it doesn't get frozen....See Morehoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
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