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Citrus => Cold Hardy Citrus => Topic started by: Florian on January 24, 2019, 07:24:01 AM

Title: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Florian on January 24, 2019, 07:24:01 AM

Seen today in Montreux (CH), any guesses?

(https://i.postimg.cc/2q5C4nBp/20190124-110845.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2q5C4nBp)

(https://i.postimg.cc/XrSZc1nR/20190124-110904.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XrSZc1nR)

(https://i.postimg.cc/TK0RLt1q/20190124-110920.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TK0RLt1q)

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Ilya11 on January 24, 2019, 01:03:01 PM

Looks like a Thomasville.

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: SoCal2warm on January 24, 2019, 02:39:05 PM

A hardy citrus growing outside in Switzerland, near Lake Geneva, with a slope behind it.
Is that stone wall facing South?

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Florian on January 25, 2019, 02:19:37 AM

Ilya, is your Thomasville trifoliate? Mine is exclusively monofoliate.. ???

Socal2warm, Montreux is one of the mildest places in Switzerland north of the alps.
The wall is indeed facing south and the little tree is only a couple of metres away from lake Geneva.
I guess that a Satsuma would survive most winters there unprotected.

(https://i.postimg.cc/fVvd5d2v/20190124-115134.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/fVvd5d2v)

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Ilya11 on January 25, 2019, 03:01:10 AM

Lower branches  of  Thomasville as well as strongly growing new shoots have trifoliate leaves, while on the top and on flowering twigs they are single.

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Florian on January 26, 2019, 04:08:00 AM

Ok, I see. That makes sense. Mine is grafted. But then I am not convinced the above plant is Thomasville since almost all of its leaves are trifoliate (although on some the two side leaflets are very small).

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: hardyvermont on January 26, 2019, 11:33:27 AM

Longer middle leaf suggests mandarin background  http://fshs8813.wpengine.com/proceedings-o/1999-vol-112/54-55%20%28BOWMAN%29.pdf (http://fshs8813.wpengine.com/proceedings-o/1999-vol-112/54-55%20%28BOWMAN%29.pdf)

Title: Re: Trifoliate hybrid ID
Post by: Ilya11 on January 26, 2019, 01:23:41 PM

Quote from: Florian on January 26, 2019, 04:08:00 AM

Ok, I see. That makes sense. Mine is grafted. But then I am not convinced the above plant is Thomasville since almost all of its leaves are trifoliate (although on some the two side leaflets are very small).

I am also not sure, but the closest  thing that I have seen is Thomasville. This plant, obviously low grafted on poncirus is way too vigorous.