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Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc565 (opens in a new tab)
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José Luis Foguet · Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC)
Presentation date not shown. PDF p. 11 (viewer index 10, label P10), compatibility table for lemon scions: Rich 16/6 (USA) is marked yes under Lisbon and Genoa and no under Eureka. No methods or sample size stated; retain as compatibility guidance for named scions, not Rich 16-6 fruit or measured hardiness.
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Robert Willard Hodgson · University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Berkeley · 1967
Hodgson’s Genoa entry in Chapter 4 of The Citrus Industry, Vol. I, 2nd ed. The archived chapter capture locates the entry at lines 3238–3243; a printed page for this entry was not verified. The chapter index directs “Genova” to Genoa at line 3242. The Wayback URL is the retrieval route for the original chapter.
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mrjbacon · Reddit · 2023-04-08
The original post is a stock notice. In a later comment explaining the choice, mrjbacon says zone 6a hardiness and container overwintering mattered and repeats an unreferenced rind-oil claim. No cold trial, measured rind oil, or tasting is reported. The author separately says Four Winds trees are grafted on dwarfing rootstock; the Madison-rootstock statement is explicitly a guess.
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Anna Ioannidi · Wikifarmer · 2023-06-14
https://wikifarmer.com/library/en/article/the-most-popular-lemon-tree-varieties (opens in a new tab)
The article profiles “Genova” and equates it with “Genoa.” It gives qualitative fruit and tree descriptions, including few stones and high juice content, and makes an unreferenced relative cold/frost claim. No named accession, sampled location, measurements, trial design, or supporting citation is provided; retain these as secondary profile claims.
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Anna-Marie Barnes · New Zealand Tree Crops Association · 2021-11-08
https://treecrops.org.nz/your-backyard-fruit-bowl-beyond-the-meyer-lemon/ (opens in a new tab)
Visible byline is Anna-Marie Barnes, while CMS metadata lists Sharon Watt; the article says it was originally published on lifestyleblock.co.nz. The secondary profile compares Genoa with Eureka and frames July–December fruiting specifically for the New Zealand climate, with near-year-round fruiting described for Southern Hemisphere regions such as Chile. No trial method or temperature threshold is provided.
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