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Virginia Fruit Grower · YouTube · 2019-05-16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj4hRFY6UG8 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English automatic captions reviewed 0:04–14:54 of 15:00. Virginia Fruit Grower’s multi-variety tasting; observations remain cultivar- and sample-specific.
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Florida Fruit Geek · Florida Fruit Geek · 2017-12-07
Article gives general limequat breeding history and firsthand Lakeland tasting/productivity observations; its Lakeland flavor comparison is subjective and relative. Comments report separate Lakeland and Eustis grower experiences; preserve each cultivar and specimen context.
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IDtools / Citrus ID · October 2011
https://idtools.org/citrus_id/index.cfm?packageID=1179&entityID=8630 (opens in a new tab)
Lakeland cultivar page in Citrus ID Edition 2. Includes Lakeland clone F-55-26 origin and description notes attributed to the Chiefland Budwood Facility (2010), alongside broader taxonomic treatments.
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Sunshineflowerbomb · Reddit (r/Citrus) · 2024-04-02
https://www.reddit.com/r/Citrus/comments/1bu2tzr/lakeland_limequat/ (opens in a new tab)
Anecdotal first-season report about a retail-labelled Lakeland Limequat on a balcony: flowering and forming immature fruit; no ripe-fruit tasting or confirmed plant age.
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Walter T. Swingle; T. Ralph Robinson · Journal of Agricultural Research · 1923
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44867/page/n9/mode/1up (opens in a new tab)
Historical limequat article, especially printed pp. 236–238. Includes Lakeland selection/parentage discussion and period fruit description; use specific passage locators and retain the authors’ period wording.
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Walter T. Swingle; T. Ralph Robinson; E. M. Savage · United States Department of Agriculture · August 1931
Historical circular; printed pp. 12–13 summarize limequat parent groups and later class-level observations. Distinguish group-level statements from Lakeland-specific evidence.
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F. E. Gardner and G. E. Horanic · Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society · 1959-06-13
https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/101309/97253/130008 (opens in a new tab)
Table 1, printed p. 83, reports adjusted and unadjusted cold-injury ratings and trunk circumference for named rootstocks under Valencia orange tops. The 10-year-old planting was at Weirsdale, Florida; injury followed winter 1957–58 freezes and ratings were made June 18, 1958. The study-specific ratings are comparative rootstock results, not traits of the rootstock variety as a scion or a temperature threshold.
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