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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Sun 30 Sep, 2012 5:10 pm |
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Is the Lunario lemon available anywhere here in the states?
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displacedtexan
Joined: 03 Mar 2011
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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| Posted: Sun 30 Sep, 2012 10:09 pm |
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I too have been looking but never seen one... |
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opedemeiadojoao
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Joined: 23 Oct 2012
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Location: Portugal
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| Posted: Mon 29 Oct, 2012 6:50 am |
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If you cant find it in the states i'll be glad to send cuts or seeds from Portugal... |
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Mon 29 Oct, 2012 9:01 am |
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Thanks opedemeiadojoao, but only seeds are allowed.
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hoosierquilt
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Location: Vista, California USA
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| Posted: Mon 29 Oct, 2012 5:28 pm |
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Not in California, either, Laaz. And we're "lemon country". Would love to grow this lemon cultivar, too.
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Sanguinello
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct, 2012 10:20 am |
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Eureka is a seedling of Lunario.
So seedlings will not bring you a true Lunario.
Seeds of Lunario I could send though ... |
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Sanguinello
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct, 2012 11:21 am |
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Yes, it is an italian varity.
Seeds were sent to Riverside and the result was the Eureka. |
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Millet
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Location: Colorado
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I don't believe Eureka lemon seed and UCR Riverside is true eather. Eureka Lemon originated as a superior seedling among a group of seedlings grown from seed that was obtained from imported Sicilian lemons and planted by Dr. Halsey of Los Angeles in 1858. In 1860, Andrew Boyle bought some of the seedlings and when they fruited, 3 or 4 produced smooth thin-skinned fruits. in 1877, C.R. Workman, son in law of Boyle gave bud woods from one of these seedlings to Thomas A Garey, a prominent Los Angeles nurseryman. Mr. Garey propagated this wood and gave the tree the name Eureka. - Millet 75 |
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Sanguinello
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct, 2012 12:31 pm |
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Yes I shortened that long story ...
Just read this excerpt of the description of Riverside :
Russo (1955), as a result of a study of varieties in California, recently expressed the opinion that Eureka has its ancestry in the Lunario variety of Italy.
http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/frosteureka.html |
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Millet
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct, 2012 12:43 pm |
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Sanguiello, the reference you give for the UCR involvement is not the Eureka Lemon. It is a UCR lemon called the Frost nucellar Eureka lemon which was indeed created by Dr. H. B Frost of UCR Riverside. A different fruit. - Millet 75 |
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct, 2012 12:44 pm |
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Oh .. I thought it is just a clone of same ... |
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Ivannn
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Joined: 14 May 2009
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Location: Bologna, Italy
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| Posted: Sat 03 Nov, 2012 2:35 pm |
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Isn't Lunario the so called "4 seasons lemon"?! |
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Sat 03 Nov, 2012 2:56 pm |
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Yes, it is !
QuattroStaggione in Italian.
Lunario means every month (bearing). |
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Millet
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sat 03 Nov, 2012 3:09 pm |
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Most all lemons are ever bearing, with their main crop developing in the spring of the year. - Millet 71 |
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