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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusMeyer Lemon
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3737 (opens in a new tab)
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kumin · The Tropical Fruit Forum · November 13, 2023, 09:11:01 PM
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=52865.msg506981#msg506981 (opens in a new tab)
Forum post #11. kumin wrote: “I found no difficulty using Meyer as the seed parent in trifoliate hybrid crosses.”
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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 31:46–32:30, the presenter reports both own-root and citrumelo-interstock Meyer Lemon trees dropped their fruit.
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Tokurou Shimizu et al. · PLOS ONE · 2016-11-30
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166969 (opens in a new tab)
Open-access DNA-marker study (CC BY 4.0). Apply only to the study accessions and preserve the authors’ stated identity and parentage limits; it does not by itself establish the identity of every catalog tree or clone bearing a matching cultivar name.
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Dalel Ahmed et al. · Annals of Botany · 2019-03-29
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz029 (opens in a new tab)
GBS study of 53 accessions. For its sampled ‘Meyer’ lemon, the authors infer involvement of C. maxima, C. reticulata, and C. medica, proposing a C. maxima/C. reticulata admixed genotype crossed with C. medica; the exact maternal parent remains undetermined (Results, pp. 1244–1245; online lines 581–587, 605–608). Apply only to the studied accession; do not replace the catalog tree or generalize to every Meyer clone.
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California Department of Food and Agriculture · 2018-03-27
https://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/pqm/manual/pdf/404.pdf (opens in a new tab)
California regulation distinguishes ‘Meyer lemon plant’ from defined Improved Meyer clones: the former excludes improved plants but otherwise includes Meyer tissue or grafted Meyer tissue (§3628(2), p. 4). It defines virus-free by tristeza inspection/index testing (§3628(3), p. 4). This is regulated propagation/sanitation context, not evidence of genetic disease resistance or a claim about every historical tree.
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Weird Explorer · YouTube · 2021-03-31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAG3pf2ISUE (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The presenter identifies a donated, unspecified Meyer Lemon sample and at 8:37–10:27 gives an unblinded 9/10 sourness and 4/10 sweetness on the presenter’s own scale, plus flavour and rind impressions. Native English captions cover 0:00–11:23; no rootstock, harvest date, sample count, or analytical method is reported. This does not identify Improved Meyer.
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Practical Organic Living · YouTube · 2024-02-16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQX_1BXOLuc (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A very ripe fruit identified by the page as Meyer Lemon is cut and speakers report 9.6% Brix at 2:09–2:23, then give comparative raw-fruit and juice impressions. Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–6:12. Instrument, units, calibration, juice preparation, repetitions, rootstock, location, and harvest date are not verified; this is not identified as Improved Meyer.
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Garden Love Homestead · YouTube · 2020-03-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVkGD-79fY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A grower compares generic Meyer and Eureka container trees and hand-squeezes two fruit from each. At 2:50–8:16, the Meyer sample is described as rounder, smoother, orange-like, thin-skinned, darker, and seeded; the presenter says it released more juice by hand. Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–10:10. Tree age, care, placement, fruit size, and rootstock differ or are unstated; no measurements or usable taste claim are retained, and Improved Meyer is not identified.
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jesen84 · YouTube · 2022-03-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKGFYp1lVdo (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A home grower’s unnamed-location Meyer Lemon tree yields 30 picked fruit; the presenter describes variable size, thin rind, juiciness, yellow flesh with orange hint, and a few seeds. At 4:18–5:47 fresh juice is described as “a lot less sour” than grocery-store lemons. Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–7:22. The specimen is not identified as Improved Meyer; rootstock, sampling date, and method are unstated.
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The Millennial Gardener · YouTube · 2023-01-09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBQ1g0VvNQ (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A first-hand southeastern-coastal North Carolina account of a Meyer Lemon rooted cutting, not grafted. A freshly picked fruit is compared with one purchased grocery lemon; the presenter says Meyer juice is still tart, much sweeter, lower acid, more fragrant, smoother, and without detected bitterness (9:02–10:28). Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–13:06. The protected own-root tree and unweighed one-fruit comparison are not general cultivar performance evidence; Improved Meyer is not identified.
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IV Organic · YouTube · 2021-12-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSVFSzRulA (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Backyard-orchard tasting of Meyer fruit from standard-rootstock trees against Eureka and Ponderosa. Tasters call Meyer sour but “way sweeter” and easier to eat; the presenter calls it a sweet lemon (7:12–11:28). Native English auto-captions cover 0:01–14:16. No blind/randomized protocol or instrumental measurements are reported; bitterness is unmentioned and the sample is not identified as Improved Meyer.
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IV Organic · YouTube · 2017-01-26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AbC02ij2gY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A Los Angeles garden-club/family comparison of grafted Meyer, Eureka, and Lisbon fruit and lemonade. The presenter reports four of five testers selected Meyer for fruit and lemonade, but portions and sugar were unequal and the tasting was non-blinded (13:05–17:37). Native English auto-captions cover 0:08–23:05. This is a small preference report, not a generalizable taste score; the sample is not identified as Improved Meyer.
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The Millennial Gardener · YouTube · 2025-01-13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzwh3I3axQ4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A southeastern-coastal North Carolina grower describes a four- or five-year-old Meyer Lemon rooted cutting, grown as a pruned bush and protected in winter. At 6:00–8:35 he describes fruit as very juicy, seeded, less acidic than a regular lemon, and lemon-flavoured; he says a wedge remains somewhat tart. Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–19:22. This is one protected own-root garden account; fruit maturity, harvest date, weights, rootstock comparison, and analytical method are unstated. Improved Meyer is not identified.
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The Millennial Gardener · YouTube · 2023-12-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpF9lWJKCuA (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A southeastern-coastal North Carolina grower describes a third-season Meyer Lemon rooted cutting on its own roots, grown as a bush against a south wall. At 6:53–9:09 he says the tree has more than 100 lemons, calls fruit lower acid, larger, thinner-skinned, and much juicier than traditional lemon, and says it tastes like a lemon. Native English auto-captions cover 0:00–23:52. The account is protected, own-root, and unweighed; no harvest date, independent comparison, or analytical method is reported. Improved Meyer is not identified.
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kumin · The Tropical Fruit Forum · Today at 08:11:16 AM (forum display; accessed 2026-09-22)
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?msg=589810 (opens in a new tab)
Forum grower report: initial so-called Citremon crosses used Meyer lemon as seed parent; author describes seedlings as essentially all zygotic with satisfactory vigor. The second group’s seed parent remains uncertain despite its label. No parentage/genotype result is established.
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Plant Lust, LLC
https://plantlust.com/plants/27899/clementine-de-nules-mandarin/ (opens in a new tab)
Incidental Plant Lust recommendation card shown on the supplied Clemenules page; listing guidance only, with no specific specimen, rootstock, site conditions, or measurement method.
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Laaz · Citrus Growers Forum · 2009-06-14
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopice644.php (opens in a new tab)
Laaz’s June 14, 2009 reply ranks Ichang, Meyer, and Harvey from hardiest to least hardy. No specimens, temperatures, trial method, or exposure conditions are given; this is a qualitative forum opinion only.
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alanmercieca · Growing Fruit · 2017-06-13
https://growingfruit.org/t/eureka-lemon/6018/15 (opens in a new tab)
Post 15 by alanmercieca, dated June 13, 2017, 6:19am, responds to a quoted negative opinion of Meyer. The writer describes ripe Meyer fruit as lemon- and mandarin-like, and early-picked fruit as lemon-like without a mandarin/orange note, with an impression of greater acidity than a true lemon despite strong lemon flavor. This is one subjective report; specimen, location, maturity definition, sampling, and tasting method are unspecified.
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Wendy's Garden Journey · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSRzkaKOO5s (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 1:43–2:57, Wendy describes a Meyer tree in her yard, says it has been there about 20–30 years, and compares its fruit with Eureka from the same yard. She describes deep-yellow to almost-orange flesh and thin skin; the Meyer fruit is described as smaller and less yellow than Eureka. Auto-generated captions sometimes render Meyer as “Meer.” The video page says both trees were planted by the former homeowner about 30 years earlier. Exact location, accession, rootstock, maturity, and measurement method are not stated.
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TheTreeFather · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrZlp6geCI (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 4:00–4:26, the speakers identify their Meyer as another dwarf lemon tree and compare it with Eureka. They say it is thinner-skinned and has more juice; a speaker describes it as “a little bit” sweeter, but prefers Eureka. This is a relative, uncalibrated opinion, not a taste score. The title identifies San Diego, California; accession, rootstock, maturity, and comparison method are not stated.
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Garden Love Homestead · YouTube · 2026-02-09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnhu8JdMPM (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 1:38–1:52 the presenter identifies Meyer and says it has some seeds; at 3:02–3:20 she describes it as very juicy, and at 3:30–3:39 says its rind is very thin compared with Eureka. At 6:19 she says an in-ground Meyer thrives, while the Eureka specimens she compares grow in different site/light conditions. At 9:51–10:23 a second taster gives relative taste impressions; no taste score is derived from this comparison. Captions are auto-generated; accession, rootstock, fruit measurements, and harvest maturity are not stated.
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Ed Able Solutions · YouTube · 2025-11-07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExY-Fw3KwZA (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 0:18–0:27, a Frantz Wholesale Nursery representative describes Meyer fruit as very thin-skinned, orange-colored outside, and darker when ripe. At 1:42–2:03 the speakers recount a previous informal nursery staff comparison; this is hearsay about an earlier test, not a taste result for an identified Meyer sample. The nursery is identified as being in Hickman, California. Accession, rootstock, maturity details, and measurement method are not stated. Captions are auto-generated.
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Citrus Australia / Auscitrus · Last revised July 2003
https://citrusaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Swingle.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Two-page Australian rootstock fact sheet, last revised July 2003. Its compatibility section lists Meyer lemon among the scions reported as incompatible with Swingle rootstock. This is a source-specific graft-combination statement, not a claim about Meyer lemon disease susceptibility or every possible scion/rootstock accession.
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Tom McClendon (Citrus Palms With Tom) · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLynIzGDO1w (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions, 0:01–17:28. At 2:34–4:16 McClendon describes protecting his Meyer lemon with two layers of frost cloth, C9 lights as a visual check, and a 55-gallon drum with an aquarium heater maintained around 65–70°F. He uncovers around late March or early April after risk of sub-30°F weather passes. The observed tree had blooms, juvenile fruit, and mature fruit at the same time and produced more lemons than the household could use. This is one managed-tree account; no rootstock, measured fruit traits, or unprotected cold limit is reported. The page showed “4 months ago” when accessed 2026-09-27; exact publication date is unverified.
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TheKiwiGrower · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEi-P5CuShc (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: In this mixed citrus haul, the presenter identifies the Meyer Lemon fruit at 2:15–2:26 and describes golden skin; at 2:47–2:51 he says its flesh is more golden than a separately identified Yen Ben sample. The Meyer fruit’s source, maturity, accession, and growing conditions are unstated. Captions are English auto-generated, 0:03–9:18. Speculative parentage and relative taste comparisons are not treated as established claims.
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TD Homestead · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az9TNxehJ-U (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The presenter cuts a Meyer lemon, says it is less sour than a regular lemon and the most orange-like of the Meyer lemons he has eaten so far (11:50–12:32), then after tasting the lime samples describes it as sour-orange-like and more sour-orange-like than lemon (14:36–15:03). Subjective tasting of one fruit, revisited after other citrus; no standardized acidity score. Spoken setting/date only; no verified upload date. English auto-generated captions cover 0:07–15:22 of 15:29.
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Randy Lemmon · KTRH / iHeartRadio · 2021-01-22
GardenLine profile qualitatively says Meyer Lemon has an orange hint in comparison with Ujukitsu; it provides no identified fruit specimen or tasting method. The page displays 2021-01-22 while the URL slug contains 2021-01-20.
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Skandiberg · Tropical Fruit Forum · Cold Hardy Citrus · 2026-06-24
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?msg=584351 (opens in a new tab)
Post #141 describes one different-looking seedling from a local plantation described by the poster as pure Meyer. The poster speculates that insects may have cross-pollinated it; parentage and the seedling's identity are not established. This observation is about an individual seedling, not a confirmed Meyer clone or typical cultivar phenotype.
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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)
Introductory Meyer paragraph before “Lemons: a short family history.” The visible byline names Anna-Marie Barnes, while CMS metadata names Sharon Watt; the page says the article was originally published on lifestyleblock.co.nz. Secondary general profile: cold-hardiness, production, soft skin, juice and handling claims have no accession-specific trial or measurement method. Broad parentage language is explicitly tentative and is not treated as a verified pedigree. Taste wording is not scored.
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Rcarlyle · Reddit · r/Citrus · 2025-02-28
https://www.reddit.com/r/Citrus/comments/1j0l48a/comment/mfc8tsh/ (opens in a new tab)
Thread comment by Rcarlyle reporting one selected seed grow-out from a Meyer Lemon tree. The author counts 258 large seeds and estimates roughly 1% polyembryony; methods varied, and possible cross-pollination and seedling identities remain uncertain. No seedlings were genetically typed. Treat as one grower observation, not a zygotic rate or cultivar-wide estimate.
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kumin · Citrus Growers v2 · Hybridizing citrus forum · May 3, 2022
https://citrusgrowersv2.proboards.com/post/6867 (opens in a new tab)
Forum post #6867 by kumin, dated May 3, 2022. It asserts, without accession, method, sample count, or citation, that Meyer, Temple and Clementine are exclusively zygotic and that US-1279, US-1281, and US-1282 are essentially 100% zygotic. This is not an independently sampled trial; kumin also reported Meyer crosses on the Tropical Fruit Forum. Supplied captures cover thread pages 1–2 of 3.
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Chiara Catalano et al. · Agriculture 12(12), article 2020 · 2022-11-26
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122020 (opens in a new tab)
Peer-reviewed study of 39 lemon varieties plus one Meyer hybrid accession in the University of Catania collection. Table 1 reports reproductive traits and Table 5 a MITE-locus classification; Meyer was not included in the seedling-origin assay. Preserve the article’s nonzero multiple-embryo observation alongside its monoembryonic classification. The stated study-year ranges conflict, and Supplementary Table S1 was not retrieved.
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Joseph M. Bové · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome · 1995
https://www.fao.org/4/u5000e/U5000E06.htm (opens in a new tab)
In section “Production of nucellar clones,” Bové lists Meyer lemon among monoembryonic citrus types with no nucellar embryos (online lines 176–183). The chapter also notes that artificial nucellar embryos have been induced in monoembryonic species; this general background is not accession-specific and does not quantify ordinary seedling origin or establish a numeric rate.
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