Bearss
Variety of Lemon · Citrus x limon
Florida's oil-rich lemon – high juice content and aromatic peel for kitchen and oil.
Also known as: Bearss Sicilian, Sicilian
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourjuicyaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Sämling einer sizilianischen Zitrone (Florida)
- Breeder
- T. H. B. Bearss (Florida)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 130 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, elliptical fruit with a thin, oil- and aroma-rich rind, very juicy acidic flesh and few seeds.
Growth
Vigorous, moderately thorny tree well adapted to Florida's humid-warm climate.
Yield
Heavy bearing with a long ripening window from late summer into winter.
Notes
An important cultivar for lemon-oil production in Florida; not to be confused with the Bearss lime.
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