{"product_id":"tavares-limequat-budwood-copy","title":"Tavares Limequat Budwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"separator-line-gold-below\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ex Citrofortunella sp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the limequats, which are bigeneric hybrids, three varieties have been named —Eustis, Lakeland, and Tavares.  Their importance is approximately in that order.  All are characterized by fruits that closely resemble the West Indian lime in size, form, and composition and hence are reasonably acceptable substitutes.  Eustis and Lakeland also closely approach the West Indian lime in color.  Tavares, however, exhibits some of the orange coloration characteristic of the kumquat and the pink coloration of the flower buds which occurs in the West Indian lime.  All of the limequats are more cold-resistant than the lime parent but considerably less so than the kumquat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of the limequats has achieved commercial importance for the fruit, but Eustis and Lakeland are grown somewhat as ornamentals.  In California, they are popular as potted or tubbed plants for patios and terraces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEustis and Lakeland are sister hybrids of the West Indian lime and the round kumquat (Fortunella japonica), and Tavares is a similar hybrid with the oval kumquat (Fortunella margarita).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRootstocks of accession: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCarrizo citrange, C-35 citrange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeason of ripeness in the Riverside climate and latitude: Year round.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlowering season at Riverside: July to October.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePrepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cpp.ucr.edu","offers":[{"title":"3 buds","offer_id":52116558938406,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 buds budstick","offer_id":52116558971174,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5730\/1030\/files\/image_53da9c1d-b274-42ac-9263-4e9a174f1082.png?v=1771862457","url":"https:\/\/evergreenbotany.com\/da\/products\/tavares-limequat-budwood-copy","provider":"EVERGREEN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}