Very lovely, Igor! Those are some BIG limes! Are they Bearrs limes? Yum. Time for a nice Margarita

Ryan, Patty thanks for your comments. Margarita tastes good, too. These are supposed to be mexican, caribbean, key limes (C. aurantifolia), although some of the fruits size is of a typical bearrs, persian lime (C. latifolia), while the rest is not.

Igor

Igor are there seeds in the limes?

Laaz,

This is the tree's first crop, and the fruit's still ripening, so I may have to wait a while before I find that out. I'll post some pics once I cut into the first one. However, I'm wondering, even if they turn out not to be seedless, it still doesn't mean that those are not (cross-pollinated) bearrs limes. As the cross-pollination may produce some seeds even in a seedless variety. Right?

Igor

Rarely you will get a seed in a Bearss lime. Mine will have a seed every once in a while, most times it is undeveloped. I don't think that Bearss flowers are very receptive to other pollen.

Yes indeed, you're right. I just found an article which states that they (C. latifolia) do not cross-pollinate readily...

It seems my curiosity was stronger than me this time. I wanted to know whether it was really a mexican lime or not. So I picked one of my unidentified limes, which seemingly turned out to be a bearss lime. Despite the fact I had my fingers crossed for it to be a mexican (thorny) lime.

Nevertheless, it was kind of pleasant surprise for me, as I was immediately hit by its pleasant aroma which completely resembled that of a common lime, just being literally seedless. As I mentioned, It was thoroughly seedless, deep green peel with a hint of lime blush, not so soft to the touch, although very very juicy. Having that characteristic strong fresh lime scent, much stronger than other "persian" limes available at grocery stores.











At the end, I shared a glass of lime-onade with my family... It was one particularly refreshing drink! No corona this time...



Take care,
Igor

I know bearss limes are juicy, but not enough to fill a whole drinking glass!

They are much larger than mexican / key limes. I have a thornless key lime tree if you need seeds. They will start fruiting in the second year from seed.

I just sold all my bearss lime seeds on ebay. I had plenty this summer. You must have missed that...

Was that you?

@Laaz - I have plenty of one year old key lime seedlings, anyway thanks for your offer! Notice the bunch of the key lime seedlings on the right side.

@Marc - It was diluted... But still juicy enough.

Igor, very nice! And I like so much your squeezing wood tool

Pretty cool juicer Igor. The first I have seen one like that.

http://www.extravirginoo.com/servlet/the-408/Olive-Wood-Citrus-Juicer/Detail