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Citradia · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2022-02-08
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg451003#msg451003 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; firsthand fruit acquired from Stan McKenzie, with separately attributed origin/name remarks.
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Perplexed · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2022-02-08
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg450963#msg450963 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; young recently grafted plant from Stan, with no rootstock, protection, duration, or fruit evidence reported.
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mikkel · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2025-05-02
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg555000#msg555000 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; author reports a conversation with Bernhard Voss. Original seed source remains unknown.
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Wahl · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2025-05-02
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg555019#msg555019 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; firsthand fruit tasted from a friend and a separate small plant. Hardiness expectation is not a measured result.
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Tom_GA · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2025-05-02
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg555045#msg555045 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; authors Georgia plant was flowering. CiClem/Clementine lineage is explicitly personal speculation.
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Tom_GA · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2025-05-03
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46397.msg555105#msg555105 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; personal Georgia plant reportedly passed 17°F without damage; Stans 8°F report is hearsay. No rootstock, protection, duration, or weather detail.
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TheLoud · Growing Fruit · 2020-12-30
https://growingfruit.org/t/carolina-lime/33166/1 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post; fruit personally purchased in a mixed box from Stan at McKenzie Farms. Sample identity, date, and growing context are not reported.
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TheLoud · Growing Fruit · 2021-02-03
https://growingfruit.org/t/carolina-lime/33166/14 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post relaying Stan McKenzies Germany budwood and lost-name account; stored as attributed hearsay only.
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themulberries · Growing Fruit · 2026-07-31
https://growingfruit.org/t/carolina-lime/33166/28 (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved direct forum post. Related author follow-ups: https://growingfruit.org/t/carolina-lime/33166/39 and https://growingfruit.org/t/carolina-lime/33166/43. Own-tree observations are separated from qualified hardiness and pedigree interpretations.
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The Mulberries · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaTs11tpgo (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Auto-generated English captions reviewed from 0:01 to 39:38 of 39:45. Carolina Lime fruit context and sensory/strip-reading claims are retained only with their spoken timestamps; raw capture retained in task research materials.
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Thatcher Forest Farm · YouTube · 2022-09-15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijfcakARaKc (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Native captions reviewed from 0:01 to 2:02 of 2:07. Stan McKenzies Germany budstick and 8 F survival statements are attributed to him; transcript provenance retained in task research materials.
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The Mulberries · The Mulberries
https://themulberries.org/cold-hardy-citrus-taste-tests/ (opens in a new tab)
Carolina-Lime.png scorecard reviewed directly. It lists 100 g, 8 Brix, moderate sweetness, moderate sourness, low bitterness, and pH 2.8. Its association with the video fruit is plausible but the exact specimen, date, and method are not established.
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Tom McClendon · YouTube · 2024-11-15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZx0vkAHqpw (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Native captions reviewed from 0:00 to 3:05 of 3:13. McClendon explicitly calls the proposed Clementine, trifoliate, Clementine F2 lineage a guess and retains unknown European identity; fruit observations are his limited experience.
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VirginiaFruitGrower · YouTube · 2022-01-02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8k-94dzI4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Native captions reviewed from 12:51 to 18:28; the fruit had refrigerator storage and was dried out; tasting-fruit provenance and rootstock are not established.
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C. T. Kennedy, reporting from the notes of John R. Brown, M.D. · Fruit Gardener · February 1992
Historical background only. Printed page 14 (PDF page 4), Tangerine Hybrids, documents Brown's Clementine × Poncirus trifoliata family and names Dimicelli, Backyard and Hardy Fruitful ’90. It does not name Carolina Lime, use the term CiClem in this passage, give a cross year, or establish Carolina Lime ancestry.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-03-02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkMk7xPCGeU (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 56:00–57:07, the presenter gives a local Carolina Lime observation and subjective tasting description.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-03-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_taiWJiEBZw (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 11:11–12:12, the presenter describes Carolina Lime’s late-season dormancy/hardening and spring buds.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-06-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyh_HQv_bEg (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 2:56–3:38, the presenter reports heavy Carolina Lime fruit set after spring drought.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-08-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yaKeSA7Gk (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English automatic captions reviewed 0:01–37:38 of 37:40. Informal late-August/early-September North Carolina comparison; captions are source evidence, not an independent visual measurement check.
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Virginia Fruit Grower · YouTube · 2025-01-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqTbpB9YOY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English automatic captions reviewed 0:02–17:06 of 17:14. November and later-winter Virginia Beach zone 8 segments; grower observations are not controlled trials.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-08-02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl48h1zIHKw (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The presenter names Carolina Lime in a brief flower-color comparison.
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Tom McClendon · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aM3tejxqYU (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions reviewed 0:02–8:25 of 8:28. McClendon identifies and tastes a Carolina Lime sample at 4:27–5:56 during a tasting he dates to September 3, 2024. He describes it as fairly seedy and very juicy, with lime flavor and very slight, possibly grapefruit-like bitterness. His suggested parentage is explicitly a guess and is not treated here as pedigree evidence.
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The Mulberries
https://themulberries.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Carolina-Lime.png (opens in a new tab)
Individual scorecard image for Carolina Lime. The printed preference ratings are sweetness 5.5/10, sourness 4/10 and bitterness 9/10; the linked fruit reference preserves these original ratings alongside catalog numeric scores. Sweetness is stored as printed; sourness and bitterness use 10 minus the printed score. Any Brix or pH printed on the card is a separate reading, not derived from ratings. Sample method and harvest date are not stated unless noted in the reference.
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