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Ilya11:
I  had for many years Ventura lemandarin in a pot and was rather disappointed  by the smallish size of its fruits.

This year I have its first harvest from open ground plant (5star citrumelo graft).
 

Largest fruit:


Smallest one:



Very pleasant unique smell, reminds Keraji with something else (Yuzu?), bitter flavedo, moderately bitter albedo.
Fruit peels easily, many  white seeds, very juicy, non bitter, 12°Brix, no aftertaste, good ratio sugar/acid, can be eaten out of hand.

Skandiberg:
Thank you for posting, Ilya! Those fruits look beautiful. Do they ripen this early every year? I recall reading it ripens around late November but it seems to be palatable sooner.

Zitrusgaertner:

--- Quote from: Ilya11 on October 29, 2025, 01:59:10 PM ---I  had for many years Ventura lemandarin in a pot and was rather disappointed  by the smallish size of its fruits.

This year I have its first harvest from open ground plant (5star citrumelo graft).

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Ilya, what do you think about its hardyness?

Nemanja:
I planted one outside this Autumn. Lets see how it does in my zone (7b/8a).

Ilya11:
@Skandiberg
This is a first harvest in open ground. In pot fruits are extremely small, ripen also in the end of October.
@Zitrusgaertner
Robert, I really do not know, my winters are very mild now. In pot once it experienced -10C for two nights , no damage. In Nikitsky Botanical Garden in Crimea they had a sibling of my plant and it was hardy for several winters at zone 8 conditions.
Gaylord Ventura reported that his original ungrafted seedling was resistant at -10C, but died after -15C event.

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