Citrus Growers Forum

joencolo · Gest

Just got a reply from Trade Winds, it's as follows:
Joe,
Sorry for not getting back to your e-mail, we lost a
number of emails during a server switchover so it may
have escaped then. In regards to your letter, we don't
stock any of the Austrlian Lime species, although we
occasionally have a very limited number of Austrlian
Finger Lime (C. australasica) available. They are
$2.50 per pack, usually with about 4-5 seeds. If you
are interested in the seeds, let us know how many
packs you'd want and we'll notify you when we can get
some. They would likely be available in 1-2 weeks.

Matt

Trade Winds Fruit
service@tradewindsfruit.com
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com
P.O. Box 232693
Encinitas, CA 92023

Jtoi · Citruholic Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Canada

Joe,
Thank you very much for that information as I was wondering if I should make an order to them now or later on. I don't know why but they don't seem to respond to my e-mails so I'm very grateful that you took the time to post what you have been told,
Sincerely,
James

joencolo · Gest

You are very welcome. I e-mailed them several times, with no results. Their response came, I think, from a letter I wrote. Good luck!

Millet · Posted: Sun 22 Jan, 2006 12:29 am

One thing I have learned about my friend JoeNcolo, and that is when he puts his mind to something it generally happens. I owe a lot of my citrus collection to him. - Millet

ugli · Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 2

Jtoi wrote:

I have found a source for:
Microcitrus australasica - the finger lime
Microcitrus australis - the round lime
Microcitrus garrawayae - the Mt White lime
Microcitrus inodora - the Russell River lime
Eremocitrus glauca - the desert lime
Microcitrus warburgiana - New Guinea Wild Lime
The only thing is that they are Open Pollinated and most likely will be of hybrid nature, especially the desert lime I'm told. They are from the USDA but you can also talk to the University of California at Riverside
and they may be able to help. The Desert lime doesn't bear fruit until summer so they cannot send fresh seed until then although they assured me that if they do send you seed from UoC@R they would harvest from their trees and clean the seeds to send and that the USDA stores their seeds. They do not have a lot of seeds to spare as they can only send a small amount I'm told, so at the moment I'm awaiting them to be sent but it's a good start; Maybe the best solution is to go to Australia and control pollenate, hope that's the correct term, the lime trees and try to get the seeds back into my country before they aren't usable? Thank you for all your help,
Sincerely,
James

Citrus gracilis should be quite hard to find. I bought M. australasica and M. australasicaX M. australis ('Sydney hybrid'), and ordered M. australis and warburgiana. Maybe I'll get some more. However the simplest way to breed tose australian native Citrus is to graft them!

So find a friend and trade some material to complete your collection.

Seedling seems to be very difficult, I personally tried and failed... Rolling Eyes

jjp · Citruholic Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 55 Location: Corsica

hello ugli Wink

ugli · Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 2

Hi jpp

citrusboy · Posted: Fri 17 Nov, 2006 3:47 am

Hi James, I am wondering. Did you ever get your seeds? If so, I would like to contact the USDA for the same. Would you have a contact there?

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citrusboy · Posted: Mon 29 Jan, 2007 2:22 am

Hi Jtio,

I visited UCR and collected some fruit from Microcitrus Australis and Microcitrus Warburgiana. They have about 5-7 seeds in them.

Let me know if you still need.

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