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Post by lebmung on Mar 7, 2021 18:45:22 GMT -5
In 1915 Swingle was writing about fingerlimes giving a detailed description. I wonder why the fingerlimes were introduced commercially to US and Europe so late. Early 2000s. www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24520851.pdf |
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Post by citrange on Mar 10, 2021 11:59:06 GMT -5
The quote is from page 578 of your reference, and I think this is the major reason for the absence of commercial interest.
The fruits lack any sweetness and, of course, are much smaller than standard citrus.
In the 1990's I corresponded - no email then - with the Australian grower Erika Birmingham who developed and obtained Plant Breeders Rights for the first named fingerlime, Rainforest Pearl. She was absolutely paranoid about preventing the release of propagating material outside Australia. She always said that it must not be a repeat of the Macademia Nut experience, when an Australian native plant was only exploited overseas. In the end she refused to talk to me anymore. In a way she was right - it took over 20 years but, in spite of all the regulations, different varieties of fingerlimes are now being widely propagated in Europe and USA.
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Post by lebmung on Mar 14, 2021 19:16:41 GMT -5
Well I guess she was trying to keep the fingerlime in Australia and export only the fruit.
Eventually someone will get it. The trees are still expensive compared to other citruses. Also fruit drop outside GH prevents mass commercial exploitation. Most are grown in GH in Southern Europe.
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