New Varieties for the
Desert Citrus Industry
Glenn C. Wright
Extension Citrus Specialist
University of Arizona
Lemons
ƒ Early season sizing
ƒ Precocity
ƒ High yields
Cavers Lisbon
ƒ Early size
ƒ Good yield
ƒ Fruits throughout
tree
ƒ Vigorous
Limonero Fino 49
ƒ Winter lemon of
Spain
ƒ Early size
ƒ Good yield
ƒ Thorny
ƒ Fruits throughout
tree
ƒ Vigorous
645
700
565
600
484
500
403
400
323
300
242
200
161
100
81
0
Harvest Year
20
02
-2
00
3
20
01
-2
00
2
20
00
-2
00
1
19
99
-2
00
0
0
19
98
-1
99
9
19
97
-1
99
8
Annual Yield (lbs. per tree)
800
Allen Eureka
Cascade Eureka
Cavers Lisbon
Cook Eureka
Frost Nucellar Lisbon
Limoneira 8A Lisbon
Limonero Fino 49
Prior Lisbon
Rosenberger Lisbon
Villafranca
1008
a
a
a
a
700
882
ab
600
ab
ab
ab
ab
500
630
b
400
504
300
378
200
252
bc
ab
bc
cd
bcd
cd
d
d
126
0
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no
sb
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Li
rs
Li
C
av
e
re
ka
0
bc
er
Li
C
sb
as
on
ca
de
Eu
re
ka
a
100
n
Yield
(lbs. per tree)
756
Approximate yield in
field boxes per acre
(based on 24 x 24 ft. spacing)
800
10/16/2002 Harvest
2/24/2003 Harvest
Selection
Letters indicate significant differences, within harvest dates or for total yield (bold letters), between selections tested.
There was no significant effect of selection upon second harvest yield.
2002-03 Block 17 Lemon Packout - 10/16/02 Harvest
Cultivar
Cascade Eureka
a
Cook Eureka
ab
Allen Eureka
bc
Villafranca
a
b
bc
Limoneira 8A Lisbon
c
Frost Nucellar Lisbon
bc
Cavers Lisbon
bc
abc
ab
ab
a
b
c
c
30
40
50
60
Packout (%)
Letters indicate significant differences, within fruit sizes, between cultivars tested.
70
bc
ab
a
20
c
c
b
10
c
c
c
Prior Lisbon bc
0
abc
bc
b
bc
Limonero Fino 49
abc
c
b
c
c
d
80
90
100
75
95
115
140
165
200
235
285
2002-03 B lock 17 L em on P ack ou t - 2/ 14/ 03 H arv est
C u ltiv a r
C ascad e E u reka
a
C o ok E u reka
ab
A llen E u reka
bc
cd
L im o n ero Fin o 49
bc
L im o n eira 8A L isbo n
ab
a bc
Fro st N u cellar L isbo n
cd
a
d
R osen berger L isbo n
0
10
ef
a
20
30
40
bc
cd e
50
60
P a ck ou t (% )
L etters in dica te sign ifica n t d iffe ren ces, w ith in fru it sizes, b etw ee n cultiv ars tested .
c
a
a
cd
75
95
11 5
14 0
16 5
20 0
23 5
28 5
c
a
bc
a
P rio r L isbo n
bc
de f
ab
ab
C av ers L isbo n
ab
a
d
c
bc
d ef
ab
bc
c
f
cd
a bc
V illafran ca
f
d
70
80
90
100
1999 -2003 Block 22 Lemon Yields
250
450
187.5
300
250
125
200
150
62.5
100
Approximate yield in
field boxes per acre
(based on 24 x 24 ft. spacing)
350
50
0
Harvest Year
20
03
20
02
-
20
02
20
01
-
20
01
20
00
-
20
00
0
19
99
-
Annual Yield (lbs. per tree)
400
Limoneira 8A Lisbon
Cavers Lisbon
Limonero Fino 49
Femminello
Santa Teresa
400
AB
ABC
300
ABC
BCDE
CDE
250
DE
200
bcd
EF
efgh
fg
252
def
a
cdef
bc
bcd
def
cde
cdef
cd
126
ab
bcd
def
0
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n
Eu
re
ka
Ar
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no
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ca
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Fi
no
49
Pr
im
of
Sa
io
nt
ri
a
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sa
Vi
l la
f ra
nc
a
0
G
f
g
a
bc
ef
50
cde
EF
bcde
FG
100
bc
b
bcde
150
bcde
378
BCD
BCD
Approximate yield in
field boxes per acre
(based on 24 x 24 ft. spacing)
350
Yield
(lbs. per tree)
504
A
Cultivar
Letters indicate significant differences, within harvest dates or for total yield (bold letters), between cultivars tested.
Oct. 14, 2002 Harvest
Feb. 17, 2003 Harvest
2002-03 Block 22 Lemon Packout - 10/14/02 Harvest
Cultivar
Limoneira 8A Lisbon
a
cd
de
cde
Cavers Lisbon
Limonero Fino 49
Femminello
e
Santa Teresa
de
0
ab
ab
d
10
20
30
a
abc
a
a
40
50
Packout (%)
Letters indicate significant differences, within fruit sizes, between cultivars tested.
60
75
95
115
140
165
200
c
d
ab
a
d
bc
bcd
a
bcde
abc
ab
70
ab
80
90
100
2002-03 Block 22 Lemon Packout - 2/17/03 Harvest
Cultivar
bcd
Limoneira 8A Lisbon
ab
Cavers Lisbon
abcd
Limonero Fino 49
abcd
Femminello
abc
10
ab
20
30
40
50
60
Packout (%)
Letters indicate significant differences, within fruit sizes, between cultivars tested.
75
95
115
140
165
200
235
285
de
a
a
cd
0
cde
bc
d
Santa Teresa
bcde
70
abcde
80
90
100
New Lemon Acquisitions
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
Limonero Fino 49
Cavers Lisbon
Walker Lisbon
Taylor Eureka
Lapithotiki
Genoa Old Line
Monroe Lisbon
Dr. Strong
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i
a
ne
on
ek
ot
ur
Li
sb
on
b
La
ld
Li
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e
sb
90
yl
o
oa
ro
Li
150
Ta
en
on
ng
n
on
bo
sb
is
Li
rL
8A
ke
ro
ra
St
ei
M
r.
on
al
120
D
m
W
Yield (lbs. per tree)
180
ab
121
ab
bc
97
c
73
60
d
30
0
48
24
0
Field Boxes per Acre
(Based on 30 x 30 ft. spacing)
2 0 0 2 -0 3 B lo c k 1 4 L e m o n Y ie ld s
145
a
Mandarins
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
Precocity
High yields
No granulation
Easy peeling
Seedless
Fallglo Mandarin
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
Excellent size
Good yield
Does not typically
granulate
Easy to peel
Early
Seedy!
Seedless budwood
available soon
Fallglo Mandarin
W. Murcott Afourer (Delite)
ƒ Easy to peel
ƒ Does not apparently
granulate in the desert
ƒ Late fruit (December January)
ƒ Not very seedy
especially if isolated
ƒ Smaller fruit (Medium
and Large)
ƒ Market window?
11/5/99
2/28/00
11/5/99
2/28/00
TDE’s and Gold Nugget
ƒ Seedless, easy
peeling
ƒ Yield?
ƒ Market window?
Mandarin Trials in progress or planned
ƒ Fallglo Trial – Terminated October 2002
ƒ Seedless Fallglo
ƒ Yuma – Jan. 2004 (bud seedlings)
ƒ Delite
ƒ Phoenix – April 2002 (planted)
ƒ Yuma – June 2003 (planted)
ƒ Yuma – April 2004 (bud seedlings)
ƒ TDE 1-4
ƒ Yuma - April 2004 (bud seedlings)
ƒ Gold Nugget
ƒ
ƒ
Phoenix – April 2002 (planted)
Yuma – April 2004 (bud seedlings)