Here are photos from my second visit to the Tintori Nursery in Pescia, in September
2007. The citrus in the display Hesperidarium have grown impressively since my previous visit in 2004, with little bare ground now visible. |
Citrus medica 'Diamonte'. Commercially grown in Italy's Calabria region, the Diamonte citron is easily recognised
by its 'square shoulders'. |
Labelled by Tintori as Citrus limonimedica 'Maxima', or large fruited citron. The biggest fruits can weigh up to 3kg. This
one is not yet ripe. |
Naples Botanic Garden's "Citrus grandis" in 2003. |
Shown for comparison, I believe this is the same variety. The Naples tree was very
tall, and this photo is of the underside of a mature fruit hanging above head
height. |
Part of a spectacular archway of Lunario lemons in Tintori's Hesperidarium |
page created 11 October 2007 |
A large lemon-like fruit, but I am not certain Tintori's notice is correct
with regard to the Kew Gardens plant. I am fairly certain that it originated from
Rivers Nursery, and I also have a specimen from the same source. It produces
large 'lemon-shaped' fruit rather than the grapefruit shape of the Tintori plant
shown here. Moreover, I doubt that Rivers Nursery would have obtained a grapefruit
hybrid which would probably originate from the USA. When Rivers was at its
height grapefruits were only just starting to be known, so grapefruit hybrids
would have originated later. I will try and research this a bit more. |
Lemon Imperial or Lipo (possibly from 'limon' and 'pomelo'?) |
I don't know the origin of this variety, but it appears to be another graft chimera,
similar to the famous C.aurantium Bizzaria. I brought home a small plant for
my collection. |
Commercially produced in the Amalfi coastal region south of Naples, this high quality
lemon variety is sponsored by the fashionable Italian 'slow-food' movement. The name 'Sfusato' is derived from the Italian afusato meaning tapered. |
Unripe lemon - Limone Sfusato d'Amalfi |
Lemon Bizzaria. |
The picture above is taken from an 1812 drawing by botanist and artist Gallesio. |
Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' |
I have identical fruit produced from seed sent from Riverside, California, and I
expect this plant originates from the same source. Thay are not the same
as the elongated fruit in the original description of xSydney Hybrid. |
xSydney Hybrid (Microcitrus australis x Microcitrus australasica) |
Click these buttons for my original Tintori 2004 visit information |
