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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusPersian Lime
Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3772 (opens in a new tab)
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Gary Sivager; Leny Calvez; Saturnin Bruyere; Rosiane Boisne-Noc; Barbara Hufnagel; Gerardo Cebrian-Torrejon; Antonio Doménech-Carbó; Olivier Gros; Patrick Ollitrault; Raphaël Morillon · Frontiers in Plant Science 13, article 1030862 · 2022-11-03
This article is a rootstock trial. The Persian lime scion was triploid accession SRA 58, grafted onto diploid or tetraploid Swingle 4475. The paper treats this trial accession; it does not establish that it is identical to the catalog’s Bearss lime CRC 3772 record.
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Four Winds Growers
https://fourwindsgrowers.com/a/blog/the-bearss-lime-tree (opens in a new tab)
The page displays October 2023, but no exact publication day is verified. The nursery article equates Bearss with Persian/Tahitian lime and describes medium-sized round-to-oval fruit with smooth, thin rind that is green before yellowing at full ripeness. Its comparison that the fruit is less acidic and slightly sweeter than other limes has no identified specimen, maturity standard, sample size, or tasting method. The page also calls Bearss a variety of Key lime without evidence; that statement is not used to infer parentage or taxonomy.
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Growing Fruit · 2016-03-16
https://growingfruit.org/t/bearss-lime/4887 (opens in a new tab)
Thread opened 16 March 2016; cited contributor posts are dated 17 March 2016. Richard #9 reports successive ripening and four crops per year on his own tree; #12 separately reports fruit year-round at a Riverside citrus museum orchard he visits; MuddyMess_8a #13 reports repeated bloom/multiple crops for a potted tree under controlled lighting. Hoosierquilt #10 reports a mature roadside tree carrying fruit for about three months, while MrClint #11 reports fall ripening and dropping when fully ripe. These are distinct, nonstandardized accounts, not a universal season. Hoosierquilt #19 describes fruit as similar to Key lime, large and juicy, with no seeds; it is an individual opinion/report without a stated sample count or method. Preserve author and post context if using these observations; do not infer a hardiness threshold.
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Curk et al. · Annals of Botany · 2016-03-04
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw005 (opens in a new tab)
This study uses cytoplasmic and nuclear markers to infer the origins of limes and lemons. Its group-level inference identifies Citrus limon as the seed parent and Mexican lime (Citrus aurantiifolia) as the pollen parent in Persian lime ancestry; it does not genetically test or identify the particular Bearss tree reported around 1895. The reported cross direction is retained as an inference about the group, not as a verified pedigree for this catalog record.
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IV Organic · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrObhsIwV4g (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Charles Malki, identified as a biologist and plant expert, uses Bearss, Tahitian, and Persian as common names for a seedless lime. In a Walnut Creek, California garden, he shows one yellow and one greener fruit and says the interior yellows with ripening; he describes the fruit as seedless and very juicy. He reports the trees were installed for the owner about ten years before filming. Tree-care/pruning video, not a formal tasting; no fruit measurements or verified upload date. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–17:09 of 17:17.
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Edge of Nowhere Farm · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnlS6QTIgpU (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The grower describes an Arizona farm tree planted in February 2015, just under three years old when filmed, about eight feet tall on dwarfing rootstock. They estimate roughly 70–80 limes picked, and say only two very small seeds were found among approximately 60–70 fruit; those approximate counts are not identical. The grower also describes an extended local season. No tasting evaluation or measured fruit weights/diameters. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–7:10 of 7:20; no verified upload date.
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Citrus TreeSource · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h60rwkiLjL4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Brief nursery narration describes Bearss Lime as also called Tahitian or Persian Lime, a medium-to-large open tree, everbearing, with fruit said to be about twice Mexican Lime size. General descriptive claims only; no identified tree, sample count, measurement method, or taste test. English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–0:18 of 0:24; no verified upload date.
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Arizona Fruit Trees · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuzwgmJWU0w (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: A grower describes a backyard Bearss/Persian/Bartender’s lime tree nearing three years old as seedless, relatively thin-skinned, thornless, and cropping at least twice a year. The grower reports about 374 limes harvested the prior year and estimates roughly 500 on the current tree; the latter is explicitly approximate. They say the tree had no frost damage during their observation period, without a stated temperature. A yellow fruit is described as still good, seedless, and juice-filled. English auto-generated captions cover 0:01–7:17 of 7:20; no verified upload date.
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TD Homestead · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az9TNxehJ-U (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: During a harvest the presenter names one Bearss/Persian lime, one thornless Key lime, one thorned Mexican/Key lime, and one Meyer lemon. The Bearss fruit is described as seedless and larger than the Key lime fruit; in a tasting of one fruit per type, the presenter calls the Bearss fruit “very bitter.” This is a single subjective sample comparison, not a variety-wide score. The spoken harvest context is Tuesday, October 8, 2024; it is not a verified upload date. English auto-generated captions cover 0:07–15:22 of 15:29.
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