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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusUS 5 Star Citrumelo
The Mulberries · YouTube · 2025-07-04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcYMKybBN-A (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 0:16–0:23 the presenter distinguishes Improved 5star from “the US five-star” and says both are very precocious, often flowering soon after grafting. The short does not identify their provenance, seed parent, or pedigree. At 0:42–0:50 the presenter says the fruit is not bad and probably a step ahead of Swingle, but gives no sample identity or comparative tasting protocol; this is an impression, not a confirmed American 5star flavor finding.
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Kumin · GrowingFruit.org · 2022-08-08
Post #286 (8 August 2022) labels a photograph “Aug 2022 5 star citrumelo” and reports a seed-grown plant that fruited in three years. The post does not identify the seed source or establish that this is the specific American 5 Star selection discussed elsewhere; treat it only as a related U.S. lead.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2024-11-16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbF2G0_0iE (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 0:42–1:14 the presenter says the 5star citrumelo is supposedly from Europe as a Swingle seedling, then explicitly expresses uncertainty whether it was open-pollinated, an expressed variant, or even related to Swingle. The presenter calls it hardy and supposedly an improvement in taste over regular Swingle. At 1:22 the sampled fruit is identified as coming from Pennsylvania; at 22:57–23:27 Mel is credited with bringing fruit over, and the presenter recalls a plant called 5 Star fruiting three years from seed. The seed source for that plant is not identified, so the American sample’s relationship to the European 5star remains unconfirmed.
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