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viktor Citruholic
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Pensacola,Fl
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Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 2:29 am |
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Last spring I bought this Keylime citrus tree from Home Depot, but I,m not sure it this an actual lime tree.Please,help me to determain the type of this citrus.
Thanks,Viktor |
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5668 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 2:52 am |
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Looks like a Key lime. Eustis Limequat looks very similar, but has narrower longer leaves. If your concerned that they are turning yellow, all limes will turn yellow when ripe. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Millet Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 3:02 am |
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Looks like a key lime to me. - Millet |
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A.T. Hagan Moderator
Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 898 Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States, Earth - Sol III
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Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 7:24 pm |
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The slight elongation of the fruit and the little bit of a neck on the ones on the plate make me think of my Lakeland limequat.
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viktor Citruholic
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Pensacola,Fl
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 1:32 am |
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Laaz,Millet and Alan thanks for your replies.I think that my lime is a limequat.Because on the tag it's written as keylime(limequat).I didn't know what kind of citrus it was and wanted to check it out.Today I compared keylime fruits from Wall-Mart and my "keylime" fruits.Now I am sure that my citrus is limequat.But I don't know if it's Eustis or Lakeland ?
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5668 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 9:52 am |
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Ned Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 999 Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 10:24 am |
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I would guess limequat. One of the large citrus nurseries in Florida labels their limequats exactly as Viktor describes. Their tags have a picture of a deer (buck) on them, but Wal-Mart may require their own tag be used. I am not absolutly sure, but I believe they grow Eustis. Alan is correct in describing the fruit too. I have Eustis limequats at the nursery.
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A.T. Hagan Moderator
Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 898 Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States, Earth - Sol III
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 11:18 am |
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If the nursery tag has a deer head on it and it's from Florida then it's probably Record Buck and your tree is very likely a Lakeland then because that's where mine came from.
In practical terms I find the Lakelands and the true Key limes to be completely interchangeable.
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Ned Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 999 Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 3:42 pm |
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Record Buck's is the nursery I was referring to. Up until Alan's post, I have thought Record Buck's grew Eustis, but I could be wrong, it just might be Lakeland. I understand that they look much alike. I took some pictures of my limequate and key lime that clearly shows the difference it the two. I will try to post them tonight.
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5668 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 4:02 pm |
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tolumnia Citruholic
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 157 Location: Gainesville FL Zone 8/9
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 4:30 pm |
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Sure looks like my limequat, but I disagree that limequats and key limes are completely interchangeable. When mature, the peel of a limequat is edible, but the peel of a key lime never gets edible, at least in my opinion. |
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Ned Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 999 Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 7:35 pm |
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Lazz,
Yours looks much like mine except mine has turned yellow and yours may be a little more elongated, which might be because mine is ripe. I have read that one or the other has an orange tint when ripe. How about yours? Also, mine has 8 sections where your's has 7, which I think might be normal variation.
In all of the limequats I have seen there is a noticable difference in true Key lime and limequat.
Here are some pics. In the first pic the top one is a limequat and the bottom one a Key lime.
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The one on the left is a lime and on the right is a limequat.
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Right limequat, left Key lime
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viktor Citruholic
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Pensacola,Fl
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 9:15 pm |
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Laaz,Ned.My limequat fruits looks like yours Eustis limequat fruits.My "Key lime" tag has a deer head.
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Ned Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 999 Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 10:19 pm |
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I am pretty sure this is Eustis. I compared it to at a good picture of Eustis on the front of Lance Waldheim's Citrus, and it is a dead ringer for mine.
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viktor Citruholic
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Pensacola,Fl
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Posted: Wed 05 Nov, 2008 10:54 pm |
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Thank you every one for the link that you provided for me and for the wonderful photos you posted. - Viktor |
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