Citrus Growers Forum

mrtexas · Posted: Sat 17 Nov, 2012 9:13 pm

Here is my dwarf yuzu tree. Birds damaged all the fruit:

Here is my one branch of tavares limequat on my seto satsuma tree. One branch is plenty enough for these sour things. A forum member from Houston sent me the budwood. Today I took down the fence the seto was laying on and 3/4 of the tree promptly broke off. Oh well!

Sylvain · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 5:52 am

This looks Eustis to me, not Tavares.

igor.fogarasi · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 7:42 am

Sylvain wrote:

This looks Eustis to me, not Tavares.

Eustis does not have that pronounced nipple at the base of the fruit and is generally smaller and more round. These exactly resemble the Tavares limequat, with their elongated appearance. The tree is heavily loaded, no wonder it broke off, after the removal of the support. Laughing

By the way, nice job, Mr. Texas!

Igor

P.S. Just in order to support my claims (Source: idtools.org, Eustis, Tavares)

Sylvain · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 5:35 pm

Mine are much longer like this one:

Laaz · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 5:48 pm

Sylvain those are Tavares. Igor is correct the Eustis is shorter & has a nipple.

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Sylvain · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 6:22 pm

Mine are like fingerlimes. The picture comes from Jorma site.
http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/kumquats.html
It must depends on growing conditions.

Laaz · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 6:33 pm

Look at the image name on the photo you posted.

http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/tavares1.jpg

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Sylvain · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 7:09 pm

Yes, I used this picture because it looks like my Tavares.

mrtexas · Posted: Sun 18 Nov, 2012 11:06 pm

Eustis doesn't look like this:

As far as sour citrus, I like meyer lemon better. Tavares doesn't taste much like a lime either. More than a branch of tavares is too much!