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Lakeland Limequat

Lakeland Limequat

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Notes

Did particularly well in the garden of Hon. H. J. Drane in Lakeland, Florida. It was accordingly called the Lakeland Limequat. This is the largest limequat produced from it's time, sometimes equaling a small lemon in size, usually being about 1 3/4 inches in diameter and 2 1/4 inches long. The fruits, bright yellow when ripe, have a very pale pulp of a pleasant acid flavor, similar to the Mexican lime, the skin is very thin but tough and of a mild flavor. There are 2 to 9 seeds in a fruit. Fruits very smooth, attractive in appearance, oval, average 2 1/4 inches long; calyx not persistent; color Strontian yellow; rind very thin, smooth, sweet and edible like that of kumquat; oil cells large and prominent, transparent, showing through the rind, segments 5 to 8, seeds 2 to 9, large and oval, usually about 6; pulp pale, massicot yellow, resembling lime, very juicy, sharply acid; good before fruit is fully colored; leaves 2 1/2 to 3 inches in length; evergreen, unifoliate, lanceolate acuminate, petiole short, very narrowly winged; tree vigorous, bearing wood nearly spineless.

Origin

Eustis, Florida, USA

1909·Walter T. Swingle - USDA citrus breeding program

Submitted by

Brady Mitchell@cascadiaadmin
Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
Submitted on: January 25, 2026

Last Edited by

Brady Mitchell@cascadiaadmin
Last edited on: February 15, 2026