Dear Citrusfriends,

this season I had some luck regarding my Microcitrus. It was full of blossoms and kept lots of fruits. I bougt this plant in Spain and Bernhard Voss (the german citrus guru) grafted Microcitrus var sanguinea onto it.

Here you can see a foto from springtime and of the reipening fruit of the sanguinea stick.





The comparrisson of the fuits shows that unfortunately the flesh was not coloured. In opposite, the normal Microcitrus shows more red color than expected.



So I am on the hunt for Microcitrus with real deep red coulour.

Does anyone of you have seed available of such Microcitrus ???

regards from Hamburg

Andy

First, I think you meant to write 'Microcitrus australasica' , which is the Fingerlime.
Bernhard probably doesn't agree with me, but I believe that these varieties are hybrids, although now being sold in Europe as Fingerlimes. I have corresponded at length with various Australian growers and none of them have ever seen fruits like your photos. But they are exactly like some of the fruits produced by seedlings of Microcitrus xSydney sent to me from the Citrus Variety Collection in Riverside.

I agree with Mike. Here are a few photos Gene Lester sent me. Says his Fingerlime is producing better than ever.






Great job though Andy !