Pomona Sweet Lemon Budwood

Citrus limetta.

Original tree was over 100 years old growing in North Pomona, California.

Vigorous tree; similar to Eureka lemon; fruit rounded with a small nipple; smaller than normal Eureka; good fruit quality with flavour that is sweet and low in acid; juicy, easy to peel; few to no seeds when grown in isolation; not excessively thorny; very hardy.

The fruit is acid less and has a fragrant rind, almost bergamot-like.

Rootstocks of accession: Yuma ponderosa lemon.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.