Lemon selection Origin: Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias in Valencia, Spain, a Spanish cultivar of unknown origin, possibly arising in Murcia, Spain, from Monachello lemon; received by Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP) in 2002; released by CCPP as VI 701 in 2010. Tree: very vigorous, upright-spreading, large, and productive, usually flowers twice, with most fruit held inside the tree. Fruit: medium to large; oval to broad-elliptical; neck or collar short; nipple well developed; bright yellow at maturity; peel medium-thick (thinner in summer crop); surface somewhat pebbled, rough; tightly adherent; seed per fruit variable, but usually few to none; high juice content but with lower acids than other lemons; ripens mainly in winter but holds well into summer.
Home