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The Mulberries · 2026-10-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSaegP3j0sA (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The Mulberries compares Ross-supplied NuClem and M.I.C. fruit. NuClem is described as already ripe earlier in the season; its final scorecard gives 72 g and 10 °Bx, while the narrated Brix reading is 11 °Bx. The pH test strips are coarse and do not establish an exact pH.
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Woodlanders
Woodlanders calls NuClem a “nucellar Clementine” and reports that it comes true from seed. This describes NuClem as nucellar-producing; it does not document NuClem’s own origin as a nucellar seedling. The listing attributes hardiness and fruit descriptors to Tom McClendon; these are nursery-reported claims, not independently verified observations.
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Virginia Fruit Grower · 2020-07-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzj21Rxrr34 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 4:35–5:44, the speaker describes NuClem as producing seedy, commercial-mandarin-like fruit and discusses growing it in Virginia Beach.
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Eyeckr · Citrus Growers Forum
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopicf835.php (opens in a new tab)
Eyeckr’s May 27, 2012 post reports trying NuClem on its own roots and needing high grafting onto Poncirus to maintain it through hard winters in his Virginia Beach garden. No exposure temperature, duration or exact NuClem accession is established.
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Franckm and other thread participants · Forum Agrumes · 2013–2014
https://www.forum-agrumes.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=341 (opens in a new tab)
Franckm’s January 7, 2014 post describes a seed-grown plant received as seed in 2012 with a tentative Unshiu × reticulata label. It does not establish that seedling as the same clone or propagation line as nursery or video NuClem.
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eyeckr · Citrus Growers Forum · 2014-05-10
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopic843e.php (opens in a new tab)
Eyeckr’s May 10, 2014 post lists a tree labeled “Nuclem” among trees that died during the winter he describes as the worst in decades, with a record low of 5–6 degrees. On May 12 he says he gave his trees zero protection and his backyard thermometer recorded 5.5–6 degrees. The context indicates °F, but the posts do not give the NuClem plant’s rootstock, duration at the minimum, or a plant-level temperature and timing linking the lowest reading to its death.
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seedless and other thread participants · Forum Agrumes · 2015-11-21
https://www.forum-agrumes.com/viewtopic.php?p=36739 (opens in a new tab)
Seedless’s November 21, 2015 post asks “CiClem #3 ou NuClem ?” and links to a separate CiClem #3 topic; the praise of the linked plant does not securely refer to NuClem. In a November 23 follow-up, seedless says after checking his archives that the plant “would rather be NuClem.” In the same thread, Bouladou repeats Franckm’s tentative Unshiu × reticulata? label and the Woodlanders nucellar claim, then speculates about Satsuma × Nules Clementine while stating he cannot verify it. This documents label uncertainty, not a confirmed synonym or pedigree.
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Virginia Fruit Grower · 2021-01-28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcM2XJol6Q (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At 17:07 the presenter says he does not know NuClem’s origin. At 19:04–19:28 he opens one segment from a NuClem fruit and sees no seed in that segment; he describes the fruit as juicy with a zipper-like peel. He also recalls a formerly very tall, productive NuClem tree. The 16 °Bx reading mentioned elsewhere in the video is not assigned to NuClem.
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