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First fruit from potted Morton pollinated with Meyer

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vnomonee:
I thought this self pollinated but I checked my photos and turns out it's actually pollinated with Meyer lemon, also wrote "Meyer" on the adjacent leaf which had curled up and I didn't see the ink

The plant was suffering in the container so I planted it in the ground in my greenhouse. Thankfully it didn't drop the fruit, but the fruit is small.




lemon for size comparison



If there is a hybrid how hardy do you think it will be? Zone 7b?

Skandiberg:
Zone 7b would be awesome but I fear it may be more on the tender side than that. But tastewise, I imagine this cross may result in a kind of 'improved citremon', maybe with some orange notes.

Till:
So far as I know Morton produces only nucellar seeds with cross pollinated. I think Ilya wrote that somewhere. And that is also my experience up to now. SO the reverse cross Meyer x Morton would be far more interesting.

But nonethless you may have luck and get hybrids. I only think that the probability is extremly low.

vnomonee:
yeah seems 7b is too generous

thanks for your experience regardling the seed, maybe i'll get lucky

a_Vivaldi:

--- Quote from: vnomonee on December 23, 2024, 03:58:20 PM ---yeah seems 7b is too generous

--- End quote ---

Agreed, though maybe possible if you got very lucky. An F2 from Meyer x Morton very much could though (Meyer as the mother).

Meyer x trifoliate would surely be hardy to 7b, or at least the majority of such seedlings would be I'd expect. If Poncirus Plus blooms for me this spring I'll be attempting that cross among a few others (among them Ichang Papeda x Poncirus Plus).

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