Lakeland Limequat

Lakeland is a Key lime × round kumquat hybrid from Walter T. Swingle’s 1909 limequat breeding work in Florida. The 1923 account describes it as another cross between the same parent trees as Eustis and names it for Lakeland, where it performed particularly well in H. J. Drane’s garden.^⁠[5]

The original description gives Lakeland oval, bright-yellow fruit with very juicy, sharply acidic pale pulp, a very thin, edible rind, described as tough and mild-flavored, and 2–9 seeds. Citrus ID also records 2–9 seeds for clone F-55-26. These are published descriptions; individual fruit may vary.^⁠[5]⁠[3]

Citrus ID describes a compact, dense crown and narrowly winged leaf stalks; its F-55-26 notes mention very small thorns. Florida Fruit Geek reports juicy, Key lime-like fruit and prolonged productivity from Lakeland trees. The F-55-26 accession entered the budwood record in 1953, a date separate from the cultivar’s origin.^⁠[3]⁠[2]