In article , Frogleg wrote:
On 16 Feb 2004 16:47:31 -0800, (m v) wrote:
"Most grapefruit come true-to-type from seed; however, growing a
citrus tree from seed is undesirable. Seedling trees are juvenile,
which means the plants will be vigorous, thorny, and have an erect,
upright growth habit. Juvenility may last 6 to 15 years, during which
time the tree does not flower .Grapefruit can be propagated by

Must not apply to all citrus, cuz there is a lemon down at our club
which came from a seed someone there stuck into the ground, and by the
time it was 6 or 7 years old it was a big tree producing truckloads of
lemons (tho they taste more like they want to be grapefruit, and some
are almost that big), and if it's not hacked back with a chainsaw once
a year, it takes over the neighbourhood! It grows new canes as much as
ten feet long in a single season. No one has ever done a thing with it
other than chop back the excessive growth.

~REZ~