Saturday, June 28, 2014

Ventura Lemandarin

Lemandarin is a cross between Citrus tiawanica x (Keraji or Satsuma) It looks like a satsuma.  Resistant to soil diseases that have killed my other seedlings.  Vigorous. 

From the breeder:  As far as hardiness my seedling Lemandarin never flinched in the cold weather until this past brutal weather. It survived at least to I think 11°F, -12°C degrees and a few 13°F and 14°F, -11 and -10°C events in the past. This winter it reached its max tolerable temp where it died at 5.5°F, -15°C on its own roots. Less than a foot away I had a back up graft of it on flying dragon about 4 feet up that defoliated with branch die back but is growing back very well. I can attest to that at least when high grafted it can at least withstand about 6°F, -14°C.

May come true from seed.

Mild lemon flavor.

Update: January 21, 2020
Eyeckr provided another fruit.  Smell is good.  Taste is excellent, like an orange with some lemon.   Brix 13.3  Peels more easily than a mandarin.  2 3/4 inch, 7 cm diameter.  3.8 oz, 108 gms. 28 seeds.  Skin bitter. 



7 comments:

  1. Do you have any fruits from lemandarin? I have 3 plants from Gaylord but no blooming yet...

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    1. No fruits yet myself. Not a fast growing plant. I have tasted the fruit, the flavor is a tart mandarin.

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  2. how long from seed will it take them to produce fruit?

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    1. It first time blooms now in my backyard (Exotica Tolosa, southwestern France). 7 years from seed. I don't know yet if it comes true from seed.

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  3. At a guess, 5 years if grown in favorable conditions.

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  4. May I please ask where this lethal winter was?
    Just for comparison purposes. It's been quite mild here in Oregon compared to historical records.
    It only got into the high teens - but has gotten to zero several times, within the last twenty years.

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    1. January 2014. A couple years later it never got as cold but the cold lasted for several days and many Ventura Lemondarins died Generally speaking, if a 'hardy' citrus is in zone 8a or colder, plant the tree in a protected place where there is less sun in the winter. Grafting a meter high on Poncirus will also add a few degrees of hardiness.

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