Sources

Tavares limequat (opens in a new tab)

Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR

https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc4048 (opens in a new tab)

Accessed September 18th

UPDATE! New Greenhouse Citrus Collection Tour (opens in a new tab)

The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-05-14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BPp5SNEsmU (opens in a new tab)

Summary from transcript: At 20:11–21:07, the presenter describes Tavares Limequat’s elongated fruit and vigorous growth.

Accessed September 20th

Two Important New Types of Citrus Hybrids for the Home Garden—Citrangequats and Limequats (opens in a new tab)

Walter T. Swingle; T. Ralph Robinson · Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 23, no. 4 · 1923

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44867/page/n9/mode/1up (opens in a new tab)

Primary article, pp. 229–238. Limequat cross history and variety descriptions; pp. 237–238 name Eustis, Lakeland (CPB 48786) and Tavares (CPB 48792); pp. 237–238 describe Tavares as Mexican lime × oval kumquat and Eustis/Lakeland as round-kumquat hybrids. Historical lime/common-name wording retained.

Accessed September 26th

New Citrus Hybrids (opens in a new tab)

Walter T. Swingle; T. Ralph Robinson; E. M. Savage · U.S. Department of Agriculture, Circular No. 181 · August 1931

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/New_citrus_hybrids_%28IA_newcitrushybrids181walt%29.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Printed pp. 12–13 summarize the 1923 limequat descriptions and state that common West Indian lime (Citrus aurantifolia) was pollinated with kumquat pollen. Class-level summary only; p. 13 also reports historical Eustis propagation and broad limequat observations, not Tavares-specific trials.

Accessed September 26th

Limequat: A Delicious Type of Citrus, And The Fruit Geek Who Created It (opens in a new tab)

Florida Fruit Geek · Florida Fruit Geek · December 7, 2017

https://floridafruitgeek.com/2017/12/07/limequat-a-delicious-type-of-citrus-and-the-fruit-geek-who-created-it/ (opens in a new tab)

General limequat article. Reports 1909 Key lime × kumquat crossing and attributes release of Eustis, Lakeland, and Tavares to 1913; this chronology conflicts with the 1923 primary article’s naming language and is retained as a disputed secondary claim, not a settled Tavares release date.

Accessed September 26th