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Citrus

14 cultivars trialed in Queen Creek, AZ (zone 9b).

Oro Blanco

Citrus hybrid

Medium tree, vigorous to large size.

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Meiwa Kumquat ★

Fortunella crassifolia

Compact, nearly spherical evergreen tree, 6-15 ft (often kept 6-10 ft), thornless-ish, glossy dark green leaves.

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Arizona Sweet Orange

Citrus sinensis

Medium-sized oranges with bright orange flesh and rind; easy to peel; low to moderate seed count; good for both fresh eating and juicing.

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Chandler Pomelo

Citrus maxima

Medium-to-large fruit with thick, smooth pale-yellow rind, occasionally pink-blushed.

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Valentine Pomelo

Citrus maxima

Grapefruit-sized fruit, small for a pummelo but larger than typical grapefruit; round with a pear-like protruding neck; dark yellow rind.

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Tahitian Pomelo

Citrus maxima

Greenish-yellow rind, thinner than most pummelos; fruit round, slightly flattened, small to medium-large for a pummelo; seedy.

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Minola Tangelo

Citrus × tangelo

Large, bright reddish-orange fruit with the classic tangelo 'neck' at the stem end (not every fruit shows it); thin, easy-to-peel rind;…

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Lisbon Lemon

Citrus × limon

Medium-sized oblong fruit with a prominent blossom-end nipple, faint skin pitting, and a smoother, thinner rind than Eureka; no stem-end…

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Nagami Kumquat

Fortunella margarita

Small-to-medium dense evergreen tree with fine-textured, glossy dark green foliage.

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Fukushu Kumquat

Fortunella obovata

Naturally compact, broad, nearly thornless tree (4-6 ft in containers, 6-10 ft in ground) with larger, broader, darker green rounded…

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Buddha's Hand Citron

Citrus medica

Small thorny shrub/small tree with irregular branches and pale green leaves; purple-tinged fragrant flowers bloom multiple times per year.

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Key Lime

Citrus × aurantiifolia

Small, shrubby, thorny, irregular tree (6-13 ft), dense glossy foliage, fragrant white-to-lavender-tinged flowers borne much of the year.

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Blood Orange

Citrus sinensis

Medium oranges with crimson to deep-red flesh (and sometimes red-blushed rind); distinctive raspberry/berry-like flavor notes in addition…

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Variegated Calamansi

× Citrofortunella microcarpa

Compact broadleaf evergreen (10-20 ft in ground, much smaller in pots); striking green-and-cream striped foliage and green-striped fruit…

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