OK, I have my Italian lemon collection going. Anyone have any other good varieties I can add?

Here is what I have so far.

Femminello Santa Teresa (Femminello ovale)
Femminello Siracusano
Messina lemon (Femminello Messina)
Bearss lemon (Sicilian)

Some others I'm looking for are:

Villafranca
Genoa - Got it, thanks Millet.
Interdonato
Primofiori
Sfusato amalfitano
Monachello
Lunario

I have a ten foot tall, in ground Genoa Lemon (Genoa Italy) However, the taste of Italian lemons are just like the taste of Clementines. When you have one Italian Lemon you have all Italian lemons. - Milet

Yes, but they all have different growth features & fruit size features.

Would like to confirm if the Villafranca is really Italian.

Maybe Sanguinello could help on this...

Being that my Genoa Lemon is a large tree, if you want bud wood, I can send you a very nice stick. A Genoa lemon look much the same as a Eureka. - Millet

That would be great Millet.

As for the Villafranca, I'm going by the UCR site.

http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/villafranca_390.html

Also:

Quote:

'Villafranca'–believed to have originated in Sicily; introduced into Sanford, Florida, from Europe around 1875 and later into California. Closely resembles 'Eureka'; of medium size. Tree is more vigorous, larger, more densely foliaged, and more thorny than 'Eureka' but becomes thornless with age. One strain is everbearing; another fruits heavily in summer. This was the leading lemon cultivar in Florida for many years; is cultivated commercially in Israel; is low-yielding and short-lived in India. It is little grown in California but has given rise to certain selections that are of importance, particularly 'Galligan Lisbon' and 'Corona Foothill Eureka'.

Ivan, here's what UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection has to say about the Genoa lemon:

http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/genoa.html

Quote:

" Genoa is a California variety which Webber (1943) says is of the Eureka type and difficult to distinguish from it. As the writer saw it in Chile, where it was taken from California and constitutes the principal variety, it appeared to be somewhat more vigorous, densely foliated, and cold-resistant. It was introduced into California about 1875 from Genoa, Italy, by Jose Rubio of Los Angeles. So far as the writer has been able to ascertain, it has achieved commercial importance only in Argentina and Chile. "

And, what Jorma has to say on the Citrus Pages:

http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/lemons.html#genova

Quote:

"Like the Villafranca, this variety is also of Italian origin, being exported first to California, them to Florida about 1881. The tree is thornless and of smaller habit than Eureka, but is more cold-resistant and has denser foliage. The fruit is just as smooth but is more spherical with a small pointed neck and nipple. Internally the fruit has similar quality to Eureka: juicy, acidic, thin rind and variable seed content ranging from seedless to six seeds per fruit. In California, Genoa is considered to be a strain of Eureka. It is grown principally in South America: in Chile, for example, it is the leading variety. In Argentina the nucellar selection EETA is more productive that the old line Genova, especially in the season."

We had a couple nights drop down into the 40's last week, the Femminello Siracusano is starting to load up with blooms. Hopefully the others will follow. It seems lemons are triggered by cool night time temps to get the blooms started.

That's interesting, I noticed that with my Bearss lime, too. We've had temps in the 40's all week as well. I'll go look at my lemons today.

Add Corpaci lemon to my want list.

Laaz, you should receive your Genoabud wod tomorrow via UPS. I also left two leaves on the stick so that after you cut out a bud or two, you might want to root the rest of the stick. - Millet

Thanks Millet! How is the quality of the fruit?

I bet if it's still in Millet's garden, it must be good