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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusPerrine Lemon
Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc2458 (opens in a new tab)
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Walter T. Swingle; T. Ralph Robinson; E. M. Savage · U.S. Department of Agriculture, Circular No. 181 · August 1931
Printed pp. 15–16; physical scans 37–38, with plate 10 on scan p. 36. Includes an April 1930 preliminary lime-withertip exposure involving 12 young shoots at Orlando and continuing citrus-scab observations/testing. These are historical preliminary reports, not evidence of complete or current immunity.
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David S. Shields · Foodlore & More (Substack) · 2021-07-06
https://davidsanfordshields.substack.com/p/issue-25-citrus-part-4-the-perrine (opens in a new tab)
Summary from article: Shields attributes the 1909 Genoa Lemon–West Indian lime cross to Walter Swingle and connects the Perrine name to Henry Perrine. He reports a 1931 Florida Horticultural Society exhibition, 1930s South Florida plantings as West Indian lime replacements, and cold spells during that decade killing most Perrine groves. Secondary historical account; no groves counted, specific freeze dates, temperatures, exposure duration, or trial methods are given.
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JSTOR Global Plants; record partner Natural History Museum (BM)
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000010922 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from the Biography section of this Perrine, Henry person/plant-collector authority record: it says Henry Perrine is commemorated by the Perrine lemon and describes it as a hybrid involving Mexican or Key lime, which he introduced, and Genoa lemon. No publication date is displayed, and the record gives no naming year or cross direction. The page lists L. Dorr (1993), J. Ewan (1978), and T. R. Robinson (1942) as sources; these cited works were not inspected.
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Jessica L. Pavia · Tasting Table · 2022-06-24
https://www.tastingtable.com/906950/types-of-lemons-and-what-makes-them-unique/ (opens in a new tab)
Summary from the section headed Perrine lemons: the article calls Perrine a Genoa lemon crossed with Mexican or West Indian lime; says it was developed in Florida in hope of addressing past citrus diseases; and describes squat fruit, green-to-yellow rind, high acidity, thin but tough smooth rind, 10–12 carpels and a standard-to-high seed amount. It attributes hybrid wording to Merriam-Webster and Florida/disease context to Specialty Produce; linked sources were not separately retrieved. Secondary food-writing profile that largely overlaps Circular 181, not sample-based trial evidence.
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