Citrus Growers Forum

mrtexas · Posted: Sat 01 Jan, 2011 3:19 am

This is from the California Citrus Budwood Program
734 New Zealand Lemonade

Anyone know how this tastes? Is it worthwhile to grow or just a curiosity?

ivica · Posted: Sat 01 Jan, 2011 8:54 am

Mrtexas, something similar was subject of this thread:
"Has anyone heard of the "lemonade tree"?"
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Glenn 50 · Posted: Sat 01 Jan, 2011 7:00 pm

My NZ lemonade fruited this spring for the first time.
The fruit were very juicy and tasted like a combination of meyer lemon and orange. Very mild but with a very slight citrus bite this citrus would make lovely drinks. I ate mine off the tree.

Mr Texas I recommend this citrus which is in many Australasian gardens however remember it is a mild sweet flavor that doesn't have a kick like lemons or limes.

mrtexas · Posted: Sat 01 Jan, 2011 11:59 pm

Glenn 50 wrote:

My NZ lemonade fruited this spring for the first time.
The fruit were very juicy and tasted like a combination of meyer lemon and orange. Very mild but with a very slight citrus bite this citrus would make lovely drinks. I ate mine off the tree.

Mr Texas I recommend this citrus which is in many Australasian gardens however remember it is a mild sweet flavor that doesn't have a kick like lemons or limes.

Would you say it has a nice balance of sweet/tart like a good mandarin or round orange or is it just more sweet like an acidless lemon or orange?

(I don't like acidless fruit like acidless Vaniglia blood orange or acidless Pomona sweet lemon.)

Glenn 50 · Posted: Mon 03 Jan, 2011 7:27 am

Sweet tart. It is half lemon half NZ Grapefruit in it's parentage so the tart flavor is still in the background. Probably slightly more acidic than a Valencia Orange.