Interdonato Lemon Budwood

Citrus limon.

Fruit large, oblong-cylindrical; collared or short-necked; truncate at apex; prominent sharp-pointed conical nipple surrounded by pronounced areolar furrow, commonly deeper on one side; seeds very few.  Color yellow at maturity.  Rind thin, very smooth, shining; tightly adherent.  Segments 8 to 9; axis medium-small and solid.  Flesh color greenish-yellow; crisp and juicy; flavor highly acid with slight bitterness.  Crop produced mainly in fall and early winter.  Earliest of Italian varieties.

Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, usually thornless; foliage moderately dense.  Leaves large and somewhat citron-like, with round-pointed blades, undulate margins, and short wingless petioles.  Moderately productive but does not respond well to forcing treatment and hence grown primarily for early fruit.

Rootstocks of accession: Yuma Ponderosa lemon.

Season of ripeness at Riverside, California: Crop produced mainly in fall and early winter.

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