I would like to buy another citrus plant, a Eureka lemon this time. They are sold by my preferred nursery, no problem here.

The nursery also sells a "Citrus limon 'variegata alba'", with fruits that turn pink when ripe. They also state this is a slow growing variety, which I prefer because of the limited space I have available.

They don't however mention if this is a Eureka lemon. Hence the question : are all variegated pink lemons "Eureka" lemons?

Here's the web page via google translation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpack.aspeco.net%2Fbaches%2F473%2Fboutique%2F46522%2Fcitrus_limon_variegata_alba_.htm&sl=fr&tl=en

From what I have read, the variegated Eureka is the only one that has pink flesh. The Libson and other varieties I'm aware do not. Europe does appear to have many different varieties that I haven't seen here though.

Well, eureka or not, I went ahead ordering this pink variegated lemon plant! Hope to have it here soon! This should be the final plant, no more room left! (at least for today... )

My variegated pink eureka lemon tree arrived yesterday.
I don't have any pictures of it yet. The weather is too bad here right now, and I want to repot it first also.

Unfortunately there's no fruit on it. I guess I'll have to wait 'till next year...

All variegated pink fleshed lemons are Eureka. - Millet (891-)

Thanks!

Here's a picture of the new plant...

Lemons are not slow growers, the variegated may be a bit slower than normal but not slow by any means.

Now don't tell this to my wife!

Hi Marc,

They have nice variegated species on that nursery.
Is the plant you bought the biggest avaliable ? 5L

Gr Grad

The plant I have is the smallest available. But on the picture it is already repotted into a larger pot.

It takes 3 days for the shipment to arrive where I live. They only ship on Monday or Tuesday.

Those people sell really great looking plants, better than any of the other nurseries I have tried. This was the second plant I bought from them, the first one was a cara cara navel. I will definitely buy from them again if I want another plant (and I want lots of other plants! ). Be warned though - their plants are cheap but the shipping costs outside of France are rather high! I paid €20 for the plant and almost €25 for shipping.

Ok,thanx

The shipping costs shout be the same to my adress

MarcV,
Thanks for the link,
Nice video there:
http://pack.aspeco.net/baches/442/qui_sommes_nous_.htm

Somewhat more on topic:
One of neighbours has Pink Lemon (not variegatted) grafted on Poncirus Trifoliata. That tree came from nursery located in Split (Adriatic coast),
but Eureka is not compatible with P.T., I guess this only adds to confussion

I've been wondering also... Agrumes Baches usually grafts on poncirus trifoliata. Not sure if they graft eureka on PT also...

I have asked the question to Agrumes Baches about which root stock they use for eureka lemon. Their response:

Quote:

We graft eureka on trifoliate orange for 35 years, and have no problems. The literature on this rootstock is contradictory. No problems in pots nor in ground.