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hardyvermont:
A prolific bloomer with double mostly male flowers, this was sold as US 852, but the fruit are not the same as the US 852 fruit given to me by Stan Mckenzie.  The fruit are more red than 852 and don't taste quite as good.  Seedlings seem to be identical to parent plant. 

Millet:
Amazing flowers.  A word of caution.  Your tree currently has a spider mite infection, or recently had a spider mite infection.  Look at the leaves with the tell tale heavy speckling pattern.

SoCal2warm:
Double flowers will make this cultivar you have valuable as an ornamental. (That's certainly the case with flowering cherries and crabapple) A nursery that specializes in cold hardy citrus may be interested in it. (You might offer to send them a cutting later when your tree is much bigger)

I would guess whatever you have was probably grown from seed, since US 852 is used as a rootstock. The vast majority of the time the seeds are genetically identical to the fruit parent, but it looks like you may have gotten one of the rare ones that wasn't.

I think what you have may be very rare.

hardyvermont:

--- Quote from: Millet on May 06, 2019, 09:54:29 PM ---Amazing flowers.  A word of caution.  Your tree currently has a spider mite infection, or recently had a spider mite infection.  Look at the leaves with the tell tale heavy speckling pattern.

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Millet, Yes, the older leaves are infested with spider mites.  It seems to be more a problem on this tree than on trees near by. I'll spray it with the horticultural oil you recommended.

SoCal2warm, Who would want a tree just for the flowers?  Citrus do not bloom for a long time.  I may cross it with something better tasting and maybe the double flower character will come through as well as a better fruit.

Citradia:
Are the flowers fragrant? I think your tree is beautiful and if sold in a store, I’d buy it. Excellent.

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