Dear Citroholics,

may be it is interesting to see that far away at our cool corner something is happening regarding citrus breeding. Today there was a small article about Bernhard Voß the owner of the citrus nursury Agrumi near Hamburg (may be a little bit comparable to Stan McKenzie). The article itselfe gave some description about his doing and also about his new Breeding named Violetta.

It is a crossing between c. ichangensis X c. limon

To give you some impression see the picture below



Taste should be absolute similar to normal Lemon, with short growing periode and much more frost hardiness than Lemon. The blossoms are deep violet, the fruit itself is also deep violet before ripening (they are not painted !!!).

For those who are interested in the article please follow this link

Saures aus dem Alten Land

It is in German, but if you use the language tool of google you can read it in english.

Alternative find the article as PDF file here (only in german- approx 900 kb)

Saures aus dem Alten Land


Best regards

Andy

Thanks for the info Andy. Now wheres my plant ?

Wow that is some awesome looking fruit!!!
Thanks for the pics!!!

Gina *BabyBlue*

Sooooo interesting ......I WANT ONE.

Thanks for sharing Andy

Neat-
what are the import/export laws?

Amazing!

Thanks for the great post and photo Andy!

Below please find in addition to the fruit photos a picture of the blossoms (also amazing violet/purple)



I will try to get seeds (Bernhard said that the seeds fall true) for interested Citroholics.

Regards

please count me if we can order them.

I'm with everyone posting I want some seeds too they are really cool looking.

Andy, Thank you for taking the time to post the pic of this amazing citrus. I’m sure that there are several like myself that would like seeds. My I suggest that if you can send some seeds then send them all to Laaz. That would be easier and cheaper you.
That way it would be established here and would trickle down the rest of the Citroholics here.
Terry

I'm in for ordering seeds. Please let us know. That is some really cool looking fruit and the flower is pretty too.
Darren

Terry is right. Maybe Andy could send seeds to Laaz (Laaz send him some monies?), & then we could send Laaz something to cover costs Of shipping to us. Or, anyone else who has the time, & responsible enough to handle it.

let me open this discussion again and let the breeder talk a bit about his beauty

here are some comparable fruits, violetta is not orange, but tinted violett, even the ripe fruit:


Violetta seems to be a cross of ichangensis and medica - after opening a fruit, I could notice a hard shell like medica fruits have.


The fruit is often very seedy, but the smell and taste of the juice is absolutely like lemon.
Unfortunately was my motherplant (the original seedling)

killed by frost last winter.So it is only hardy till - 8°C I think.
There is a sister of Violetta, I call it Hybrid Nr.3 - is is nearly identical to violetta, except the not so much violet tinted flowers
and fruits

The fruit is a bit less seedy.
Hybrid Nr. 3 is a bit harder as Violetta, surviving the winter as violetta died, it is hardy till -10° - -12° I think.
At the moment I have availible 2 one year old seedlings of violetta and some seeds of Hybrid Nr. 3

Good job bernhard. Nice looking plant and fruit. Would like to eventually try it living in a 8a zone (15-10F). Good luck.

so you need seeds?