Pomona sweet lemon

Citrus limetta Risso

CRC 4068

PI 654856

VI 588

Photos by Toni Siebert, 12/13/2007, Lindcove, Ca. Photo rights.   

Source: Received as budwood from Tom Spellman, La Verne Nursery, Pomona, California, 1994.

Parentage/origins: Original tree was over 100 years old growing in North Pomona, California.

Rootstocks of accession: Yuma ponderosa lemon

Season of ripeness at Riverside: Unknown at this time.

Notes and observations:

RRK: Budwood collected by La Verne Nursery manager Tom Spellman for propagation at La Verne Nursery, Inc. Given to CCPP in 1994. Tom Spellman's description: vigorous tree; similar to Eureka lemon; fruit rounded with a small nipple; smaller than normal Eureka;good fruit quality with flavor that is sweet and low in acid; juicy, easy to peel; few to no seeds when grown in isolation; not excessively thorny; very hardy (survived 1990 freeze of several hours at 16 degrees).

12/13/2007, TS: Observation made during Lindcove walk thru; the fruit was acidless and had a fragrant rind, almost bergamot-like.

Availability: Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Pomona sweet lemon