Could someone please tell me what fruit this is?
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Julie Gibson on Oct 16, 2013Maybe a limequat? Mine looks just like this and has thorns. It's a cross between a key lime and a kumquat. Maybe you have something similar to a key lime (very small) over there?Helpful Reply
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Luis on Oct 16, 2013I am not sure but could it be a trifoliate orange, native to central and northern ChinaHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Oct 16, 2013There is a bush lemon in Australia, which I believe is the same as the rough lemon, Citrus jambhiri, and it has thick skin like that. As far as I know, all citrus trees have thorns.Helpful Reply
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Stephen Andrew on Oct 16, 2013Do you think it could have been a lemon tree from seed rather than a properly grafted one? That could explain the odd fruit. At least it's very pretty!Helpful Reply
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Dee Mosby on Oct 16, 2013ha ha Yes it is very pretty, just a shame the fruit isnt edible (no taste) , Thank you I thik you might be right :)Helpful Reply
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Waysouth on Oct 17, 2013Dee, it's a Bush Lemon. If you Google it in images you will get some lovely pics of your gnarly old lemonHelpful Reply
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Dee Mosby on Oct 17, 2013Thank you so much :) I will go google it now :)Helpful Reply
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Karen McLendon on Oct 18, 2013It could be a lemon grown off a lemon tree started from seed.Helpful Reply
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Teri Herzog on Oct 18, 2013I say lemon tree back in the 1970 or so my son climbed up one slipped,started to fall many of the big splinters became logged in his hand and thigh.For sure Lemon.Helpful Reply
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Rob Handel on Oct 18, 2013Bush lemon is supposed to have flavor, especially the zest. Maybe it's not ripe yet?Helpful Reply
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Gu3mom on Oct 18, 2013Evidently, most citris trees have thorns. Read: http://www.ehow.com/facts_7848723_thorny-citrus-trees.html.Helpful Reply
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Leona G on Oct 18, 2013I would say that it is a tree from the root stock which would depend on which stock was used. If you have an agricultular office they may be able to help you. If FL we would call it a sour root lemon.Helpful Reply
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Emma Dorsey on Oct 18, 2013I grow the lemon and orange trees from seed just to have beautiful plants mine all have thorns on them and I was told that even the ones in FL have thorns. It looks to me to be a lemon. I would love for my trees to produce fruit. some of them are more than 5 years oldHelpful Reply
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Sarah on Oct 18, 2013If it's a bushy type of growth vs. a single trunk tree, it could be a mock orange. We had one in our yard in Texas. Big nasty thorns that would bite when you had to mow around it! I can't remember what the fruit looked like though.Helpful Reply
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Karen Sprenkle on Oct 18, 2013My son took a seed from a orange and planted it. A tree has sprouted from the seed and it looks just like that (thorns and all). My guess would be orange.Helpful Reply
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Mikell Paulson on Oct 18, 2013Maybe a Myers Lemon that is not ripe! I am in Yuma and they are not ripe yet!Helpful Reply
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Andi Cacciatore on Oct 18, 2013I'm a south Florida native and we called them ponderosa lemons - grown from a lemon seed rather than propagated or grafted from a true lemon tree. Thorns are a b**ch, but the juice makes good lemonade with enough sugar!Helpful Reply
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Dee Mosby on Oct 19, 2013Thank you so much!! You are all so wonderful, :)Helpful Reply
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Dee Mosby on Oct 19, 2013again I cant thank everyone enough!! You are all Amazing!! Thank you :)Helpful Reply
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Barefootyardlady on Oct 19, 2013What is it? This plant is probably the sturdy trunk on which others were later grafted. Looking at this fruit, we can understand why oranges were so valuable! If you wonder how to use it, I would suggest making marmalade. My sister makes some from ancient trees down on coastal Georgia. It is delicious... much like English marmalade. My grandmother used to pick branches in the early spring, put them in a vase, and stick gum drops on the thorns for an Easter decoration!Helpful Reply
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Dee Mosby on Oct 19, 2013Thank you..What a great idea about Marmalade and the thorns!! ..Very cool!! :)Helpful Reply
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BETTY on Oct 19, 2013Looks like a kumquat to me.Helpful Reply
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Kendra on Oct 19, 2013Looks like our dwarf orange tree that we have. It gets beautiful white blossoms on it that have a lovely citrus smell. The fruit is not edible ... very bitter. I actually freeze the oranges, then drop one or two in the disposal to "freshen" it up. Ours is in a huge pot (it weighs about 80 lbs) & we drag it inside every year because we are in zone 6.Helpful Reply
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Joann on Oct 19, 2013reminds me of a dessert grapefruit. But they got huge in size, but looked just like this.Helpful Reply
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April E on Oct 19, 2013kumquat you just eat the whole thing skin and allHelpful Reply
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Thelia Sullivan Harrell on Oct 19, 2013I think April is right. It is a kumquat. I think they are common in the south. You eat them whole.Helpful Reply
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Shelia Williams on Oct 19, 2013My grandmother always call them a moc orange. I still have a bush that came from her big one.Helpful Reply
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T_jaffray on Oct 22, 2013Had a Myers lemon Tree and that looks just like the fruit a very good sweet lemonHelpful Reply
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Lea Grossman on Jan 16, 2014I think it is a citron!Helpful Reply
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Caley's Culinaries on Jan 19, 2014My garden center sold hundreds of citrus trees and I'd put money on a Meyer Lemon. Kumquats are small, the size of really big grapes and orange. The leaves do indeed look like a a seed-grown orange or the root stock of a grafted tree. Citrons are not usually that smooth and round, but there is more than one kind. Meyers lemon tastes lemony and a bit like an orange, so that would be your clue. I hope you got a bunch! Lots of fun recipes! You might also want to do a search on conditions and nutrients that would make the skin that thick. Hope that helps! Good luck! You are doing really well so far!Helpful Reply
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Teri Tripp-Lanciault on Oct 30, 2014Looks like bergamot, to me!Helpful Reply
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Chrystine Dimitry on Oct 31, 2014It's a lemon.Helpful Reply
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Rusty Avery on Nov 01, 2014well you don't tell us how big this fruit is or the size of the plant ,tree, bush. also many citrus have thrones when young but out grow them, sometimes. also your plant does not look healthy.. You could take it to your local extension office of a local university or Master Gardener if you have them where you live. They would be glad to help you ID this fruit and plant.Helpful Reply
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Bracha on Aug 10, 2016It's an etrogHelpful Reply
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