UF Lemon 1-9-42 'Beatriz'

[murahilin]

https://briteleaf.com/shop/uf-lemon-1-9-42-beatriz/

Anyone growing this variety? It says good HLB tolerance.

Here's some more info I found: "First is a seedless ‘Eureka’-type lemon also selected for higher peel oil production, thus having dualpurpose potential. It was tested as CE-D5-1-9-42 in Florida and in a large trial in South America. Unlike other Eurekas, this selection has been grown on Flying Dragon rootstock, so it seems unaffected by the typical incompatibility of ‘Eureka’ on trifoliates."

https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/citrus-research/docs/expo2023/docs/Summaries2023_Part64.pdf

[Calusa]

Thanks for the post - I'll have to order one of these. 👍

[1rainman]

Basically all lemons have good hlb tolerance.

[Coconut Cream]

Jack and the Beanstalk Nursery in Loxahatchee has these in stock, along with a couple of the other new UF citrus cultivars.

[pineflatwoods]

Good to know, my improved Meyer seems to be holding up so far- needs a ton of feeding though. But it's good to know there's a "true" lemon available.

[1rainman]

Meyer lemon is the best citrus of them all.

[murahilin]

Meyer lemon is the best citrus of them all.

What do you mean by that?

[1rainman]

The fruit is better than other lemons, good disease resistance, good cold hardiness, small size.

[FruitForward]

I spend lots of time perusing HLB papers and power point presentations searching for HLB resistant rootstocks and CV. From them I heard good things about these 2 lemon CVs: Harvey and Bearss. Less than a year ago I bought both (on their own roots) and have the in the ground. Both are growing well as may citrus do in the begining. My Harvey has small fruit now.

[Millet]

1rainman many people would disagree with you concerning Meyer Lemon as being a quality lemon.

[a_Vivaldi]

1rainman many people would disagree with you concerning Meyer Lemon as being a quality lemon.

Depends on the use right? For most classic culinary uses, true lemons are a better idea since they're more aromatic, flavorful, and the juice is really acidic so a little had a big impact.

But for mixed drinks or lemonade, the lower acidity and higher sweetness of Meyer lemon means you can use much more of the juice, which should generally mean more lemon flavor then if you just used a small splash of true lemon juice.

Different courses for different horses. Meyer isn't really in the same class as true lemons since it's a sweet lemon not a sour lemon. Comparing them is like comparing sour and sweet oranges.

[Coconut Cream]

many people would disagree with you concerning Meyer Lemon as being a quality lemon

Would you mind explaining that to the Sri Lankan weevils that won't leave my poor little tree alone? 

[Calusa]

many people would disagree with you concerning Meyer Lemon as being a quality lemon

Would you mind explaining that to the Sri Lankan weevils that won't leave my poor little tree alone? 

How old/big is your tree and is it producing fruit?

[Coconut Cream]

How old/big is your tree and is it producing fruit?

Planted the tree in June 2024 as a 3 gallon. It's 5 feet tall and has set a handful of very small fruit. Most of the new growth has been attacked by the weevils. I've tried pruning and Spinosad so far and it has no impact.

[pineflatwoods]

weevils are almost impossible to control- I found its easiest to hand control them- go out there as much as you can shake the tree and kill them, after a few weeks you'll disrupt the reproductive cycle, you won't get rid of them- but it will give the tree enough breathing room to grow new foliage.