Specialty fruit, semi-dwarfed lemon hybrid. Origin: sweet lemon hybrid of unknown parentage originating in New Zealand; bud source obtained from Nuccio’s Nursery in Pasadena, CA; released by Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP) as VI 734 in 2008. Tree: semi-dwarfed (on trifoliate rootstock), quite productive; tested negative for all known graft-transmissible diseases, trees propagated in Riverside, CA have shown a tendency to develop small brown to black lesions of unknown cause on the bark; trees propagated at Riverside are not particularly vigorous. Fruit: small-medium; not very seedy; very pleasant taste; readily but not easily peeled; ripens in early spring in New Zealand, with much smaller summer crops.
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