Citrus Resources

Web sites with information related to Citrus; see below for Nurseries and Books

Welcome to Citrus Resources. Feel free to check out the links, add your comments or submit your own link suggestions by clicking the button on the right and discussing them on the Citrus forum. Any links to nurseries or other commercial ventures are provided as a service to the public and do not constitute endorsement by UBC. Caveat emptor!"

Citrus Offers Year-Round Options
Article (PDF document) at University of California, Santa Cruz "offers ideas for choosing and growing a variety of citrus in the home garden.

Link location https://casfs.ucsc.edu/documents/for-the-fruit-grower/citrus.pdf
Submitted by Junglekeeper, link updated by wcutler
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed/updated 25 May 2019

Citrus Pest Management Guidelines
University of California and UC Cooperative Extension website for Integrated Pest Management guidelines in California for Citrus.

Link location Citrus Pest Management Guidelines--UC IPM
Submitted by mr.shep
Submitted date 07 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Citrus Topics
Index to a collection of articles on citrus at University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Extension.

Link location Citrus
Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Fruitmentor
Dan Willey's website created with a grant from California's Citrus Research Board. The articles and videos intend to provide education on proper growing procedures to help protect California (and other) citrus trees from greening disease. Videos include step-by-step instructions on:
How to Graft and Root Citrus Cuttings in One Step
Grafting Fruit Trees - Z Grafting Citrus
Grafting Orange Trees - How to Graft a Tree by T-budding
Grafting Lemon Trees – Successfully Grafting Fruit Trees with the T-Bud
Grafting Citrus Trees with the Patch Bud - Making a Fruit Cocktail Tree
Grafting Citrus Trees - Cleft Grafting a Citrus Cocktail Tree
Grafting Citrus Trees - How to Bud Graft Successfully

Link location fruitmentor™ - Helping those who grow and eat the most delicious fruit.
Submitted by Dan Willey
Submitted date 07 Oct 2016; last confirmed 07 Oct 2016

Fruits of Warm Climates
Digitized copy of Julia F. Morton's book on fruits at Purdue University which includes a large number of citrus species, under the heading Rutaceae.

Link location Fruits of Warm Climates
Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Growing Citrus on Vancouver Island
Forum participant Will Ballantyne has put together some info on growing citrus on Vancouver Island, including sections on location, soil and feeding, problems and treatments, uses, pruning and resources.

Link location Growing Citrus on Vancouver Island | Aprici
Submitted by Will B
Submitted date 25 May 2019; last confirmed 25 May 2019

Home Citrus Growers
A citrus collector's site documenting his large collection.

Link location Citrus Site - Full Index
Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

ID of Citrus Diseases
Link for identification of citrus diseases. Part of the Citrus Topics site from the U. of Florida, mentioned above. There is information on the page, and a PDF file available for download.

Link location HS-798/CH159: A Guide to Citrus Disease Identification
Submitted by skeeterbug
Submitted date 03 Mar 2008; last confirmed 1 Nov 2015

Mark’s Fruit Crops
Originally written as an aid to the class “introduction to Fruit Crops” at the University of Georgia, this site has moved out of the university and is now the independent site of Mark Reiger, Dean of the U. of Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The site consists of material from Mark’s book, Introduction to Fruit Crops.

Link location Lemon, Lime, Orange, Tangerine, Grapefruit | Fruit Crops
Submitted by Junglekeeper, updated by wcutler
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Patio Citrus for Texas
An excellent overview of Patio Citrus from Aggie Horticulture.-Aggie Horticulture® is a registered trademark of Texas Cooperative Extension.

Link location Patio Citrus for Texas
Submitted by mr.shep
Submitted date 07 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Questions and Answers to Citrus Management
Citrus FAQ at University of California, Davis. This is a PDF file.

Link location http://ucanr.edu/datastoreFiles/391-272.pdf
Submitted by Junglekeeper, link updated by wcutler
Submitted date 06 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

University of California Riverside Citrus Variety Collection
The collection is one of most substantial anywhere in the world. One of the most important and prestigious Citrus research centers in the US.

Link location UCR: Citrus Variety Collection
Submitted by mr.shep
Submitted date 07 Oct 2005; last confirmed 31 Oct 2015

Nurseries

Aprici.com
Small hobby farm in North Saanich, BC specializing in growing and selling citrus. Owner Will Ballantyne is an active participant on these forums. Plants currently for sale are listed at Citrus Plants for Sale | Aprici.

Link location Home | Aprici
Submitted by Will B
Submitted date 25 May 2019; last confirmed 25 May 2019

Carlson Family Farm - Mini Citrus Trees
New citrus nursery in rural Nova Scotia, sells from our farm gate in Pictou County, from Halifax Farmers Market (2 hrs away) and provides bare-root online ordering and shipping across Canada.

Link location www.carlsonfamilyfarm.ca
Submitted by Carlson Family Farm
Submitted date 04 Apr 2016; last confirmed 04 Apr 2016

Clifton's Flower & Garden Center
Buy Plants Online. Recommended as a source for Meyer lemons; they carry other citrus as well. They will get the phytosanitary documents for you too. ($30 per order) They are expensive but you get a quality plant
and it is shipped in a bullet proof package.

Link location http://www.buyplantsonline.com/home.asp
Submitted by Gregn
Submitted date 10 Aug 2006; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Connon Nurseries
Ontario nursery with several locations. Reported to carry several varieties of citrus including Meyer lemon.

Link location Connon Nurseries
Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 12 Aug 2006; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Fruit Trees and More
Nursery and demonstration orchard in North Saanich, BC. They list lemons, limes, mandarin oranges, blood oranges, navel oranges, kumquats, hardy citrus, kaffir limes- over 30 varieties - some of which are hardy enough to be grown outside.

Link location FRUIT TREES and MORE
Submitted by Catia
Submitted date 13 Sep 2015; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Phoenix Perennials
This nursery in Richmond, BC has carried citrus for many years but greatly expanded our offering a few years ago with our Great Citrus Pre-Order. There is more info here: The Great Citrus Pre-Order.

Link location Phoenix Perennials
Submitted by Phoenix Perennials
Submitted date 5 Jan 2018; last confirmed 9 Jan 2018

Richmond (Ontario) Nursery
You can get citrus trees including meyer or pondarosa lemon trees, orange trees, mandarin trees at Richmond nurseries. It is a excellent well known nursery just outside of Ottawa. You can search their inventory.

Link location Richmond Nursery - Richmond Nursery
Submitted by tree
Submitted date 13 Feb 2007; last confirmed 12 Nov 2015

Print resources (books) with information related to Citrus

All About Citrus & Subtropical Fruits
This Ortho Books publication, in spite of its tantalizing title and cover, provides a limited amount of information on citrus and what's there lacks detail. ISBN: 0897210654

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2006; last confirmed (as available) 1 Nov 2015

Biology of Citrus
This technical writing by Spiegel-Roy and Goldschmidt contains much information useful towards understanding and growing citrus. Suitable for all citrus growers. ISBN: 0521333210

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2005; last confirmed (as available) 31 Oct 2015

Citrus
This technical writing by Davies and Albrigo contains much information useful towards understanding and growing citrus. Written mainly for orchard growers. ISBN: 0851988679"

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2005; last confirmed (as available) 31 Oct 2015

Citrus: Complete Guide to Selecting & Growing More Than 100 Varieties for California, Arizona, Texas, The Gulf Coast and Florida
The main focus of Lance Walheim's book is on providing information on citrus varieties that would aid in the selection of the ones most appropriate to the reader's growing climate. ISBN: 0962823643

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2005; last confirmed (as available) 31 Oct 2015

Citrus: Selection Guide, Planting & Care
This Sunset Books publication provides information on citrus varieties that would aid in the selection of the ones most appropriate to the reader's growing climate. Includes chapters on various aspects of growing citrus. . ISBN: 0376031042

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2005; last confirmed (as available) 31 Oct 2015

Citrus: Selection Guide, Planting & Care
This Sunset Books publication provides information on citrus varieties that would aid in the selection of the ones most appropriate to the reader's growing climate. Includes chapters on various aspects of growing citrus. . ISBN: 0376031042

Submitted by Junglekeeper
Submitted date 29 Oct 2005; last confirmed (as available) 31 Oct 2015

The orange : golden joy
The orange : golden joy by John Train; Mark E Smith, Language: English, Type: Book, Publisher: Easthampton, MA : Distributed by Antique Collectors' Club, ©2006. ISBN: 1851495258 9781851495252, Subjects: Oranges.
Beautiful photographic essay. Lots of excellent photos of the various varieties as well as settings where they are grown. Recipes and historical information. For the layman.

Available at the following libraries if unable to get:
USA
Alachua County Library District Gainesville, FL 2601 United States COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO Chicago, IL 60605 United States California State Polytechnic University, Pomon Pomona, CA 91768 United States
Florida Gulf Coast University Ft Myers, FL 33965 United States Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Indianapolis, IN 46206 United States
Minuteman Library Network Natick, MA 01760 United States
National Geographic Society Library Washington, DC 20036 United States New York Public Library, Br Library New York, NY 10016 United States

United Kingdom
National Library of Scotland Edinburgh, EH1 1EW
Natural Hist Mus London, SW7 5BD United Kingdom

Australia
Wellington Shire Library Central Gippsland Victoria

Submitted by Liz
Submitted date 16 Jun 2007; last confirmed (as available) 1 Nov 2015