Milsweet Limetta

15-28' Milsweet limetta tree

Millsweet lemon is a limetta of very low acidity.  Although strongly resembling the lemons, the limettas have distinctive characteristics that set them apart from the true lemons. The tree itself grows as vigorously as the common lemon, with a similar form, but the leaves are more oval, round-pointed, and cupped than the typical lemon leaf. The new growth leaves and blossoms are faintly purple. The fruit is medium-sized, round with a distinctively flattened blossom end.  The nipple is prominent and surrounded by a deep areolar furrow.  The rind is slightly bumpy, pitted with sunken oil glands, and is yellowish-orange at maturity.  The flesh is pale yellow, low-seeded, and low in acidity, giving the juice a sweet taste.  Millsweet flowers and sets fruit throughout the year, but the main flowering season is in the spring.  The fruits hold on the tree well.