First fruit 4 years from seed. These are very good eaten skin and all. About the size of a large grape. Very Impressed. I also have a seedling blood lime, but it has not taken off like this one, maybe another year or two.

It looks just like a pale Kumquat!
it looks delicious!
and the tree is 4?



-Emily

4 years old from seed.

Congratulations!
I like to see a picture of the whole tree, if possible.

thx
mike

Mike I will get a better photo this weekend.

The fruit looks to be true to type, identical to my grafted specimen. There is Calamondin x Microcitrus in the ancestry, but it seems to be more on the Calamondin/Fortunella side.

Obtaining a Sunrise lime points toward Citrus Joe. - Millet (1,053-)

Yes I got the seed from Joe. Here is the whole plant.

I am surprized that the fruit is growing so close to base of the tree since this is a seedling tree. The mature node count must be very low for this variety.

I immediately though the very same thing about the low position of the fruit on the tree as jrb. - Millet (1,03-)

There were blooms throughout the tree, but many more lower down. The top few branches are like water sprouts & really took off, but no blooms. I have already eaten about 20 fruit from the tree. Last time I talked to Joe (About 2 years ago) he told me he had some of these seedlings that produced fruit the first year. Have not talked to him since to confirm...

Do these taste like a Kumquat?

Not quite. They are actually pretty good. Millet had one when he was here this spring. The tree is now about 8 ft tall and loaded with fruit.

If anyone has seed of this variety, I will glady pay.

How cold hardy are these? Could they be an inground plant in 8b?