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Post by johnsgard on Jul 5, 2020 12:52:34 GMT -5
Hi Lazz. Any joy with the bud wood I sent you? Hope you got a few “takes”. Did you try to root any scions?
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Post by Laaz on Jul 5, 2020 14:05:41 GMT -5
Hey Scott, I was just going to update. Grafted a few on volk rootstock & rooted the rest. They all took & are flushing out.
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Post by Laaz on Jul 18, 2020 21:19:05 GMT -5
After letting these flush out. I'm going to say they are not Monachello lemons. Monachello have a distinctive pointed leaf tip & the fruit are more rounded with a nipple. All of the rooted & grafted budwood you sent is producing a slender & rounded leaf tip. Here's a couple photo's of "true" monachello lemons.   |
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Post by Laaz on Jul 18, 2020 21:40:16 GMT -5
Also monachello's new growth is red tinged which none of these have. It should be interesting to see what they turn out to be.
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Post by Laaz on Jul 19, 2020 11:29:05 GMT -5
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Post by Laaz on Jul 19, 2020 11:30:06 GMT -5
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Post by Laaz on Jul 19, 2020 11:34:33 GMT -5
Scott, where did you source these from?
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Post by johnsgard on Sept 25, 2020 6:57:54 GMT -5
Scott, where did you source these from? Laaz: I got this as an unmarked tree (10-gallon container) from the estate of a fellow Houston-area citrus collector, James Francis, shortly after he passed away. I also had a supposedly-recent list of James’ roughly 150 citrus tree varieties, but this tree was unaccounted for on the list (as were others in his orchard - he had more trees than on his list!). I have tried to figure out exactly what lemon it is ever since. I started harvesting fruit from it yesterday, so I’ll add a few more photos of the fruit here. The lemons can exceed 1 pound each in weight (usually a little less), usually have 10 segments, excellent “Lemon smell” to the zest, a few seeds, only a fair amount of acidic juice. The fruit and the tree match very well the description of Monachello on UCR’s Citrus Variety Collection, but I could be wrong. |
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Post by johnsgard on Sept 25, 2020 7:07:12 GMT -5
A few more shots of the tree and fruit, with a BH citron for comparison. It is easy to see the citron parentage in the lemon. My tree (giant multi-trucked bush really) is on its own roots and needs constant trimming to keep it under control (it can grow 3+ feet in a month!). As you now know, cuttings root very readily. Let me know if you’d like me to mail you a fruit to sample. |
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Post by Laaz on Sept 26, 2020 9:17:58 GMT -5
Thanks Scott. From the looks of these, they are a citron hybrid of some sorts.
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Post by Sylvain on Sept 27, 2020 7:06:24 GMT -5
It seems you are lucky enough to have a Jara lebu from bengladesh! I have been desperately looking for it... Actualy it is very near from citrons as it can be seen by the non-articulared leaves. |
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Post by Laaz on Sept 27, 2020 7:44:50 GMT -5
That does fit much better Sylvain.
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Post by jan on Sept 27, 2020 16:52:15 GMT -5
Laaz if you could have only one lemon which would it be? You have such a vast variety of them they’re all so beautiful looking I’m curious which ones your favourite. I’ve never even heard of the monacello im so glad I can learn more here  |
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Post by Laaz on Mar 28, 2021 15:29:49 GMT -5
Hate to ask Scott, but how did all of your citrus come through that nasty freeze you had in TX?
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Post by millet on Jun 3, 2021 11:56:38 GMT -5
Laaz what are you going to do with all those lemons, when they start blooming then produce fruit?
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