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Originally Posted by harveyc
Is there some reference online that you can give that relates to what you wrote above? I'd like to read it.
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You'll have to visit/contact UCR yourself or speak with my neighbor.
All "citrus" are in the tribe Aurantieae, but many are not in the genus Citrus. Not all Aurantieae are capable of nucellar embryony.
For a layperson to distinguish embryonic seed types in a store-bought fruit is problematic at best, and assumes a lot about the
pollination of that individual fruit. For anyone to obtain seeds from a seedless variety is intractable.
In cases where nucellar seeds are used for propagation, the growers always go back to the same mother plant to avoid phenotype drift.
Personally, I think it is cheaper in terms of time and labor to purchase a known citrus cultivar from an online seller like
Four Winds Growers than to try to raise a home fruit plant from seed. On the otherhand, if the goal is just to have fun, then go for it!