Lime trees are full of fruit right now. Considered the most cold-sensitive of citrus trees, the Bearss variety grows well in our area where minimum winter temperatures regularly stay above 32 degrees.

Q I bought two 5-gallon kumquat trees last year and re-potted them into half-barrels. They had fruit on when I bought them and they fruited nicely through last summer. This year I had some flowers ...

Unlike most temperate fruit trees like apples ... terms there is no such thing as a Persian lime or the seedless Bearss lime; they are both considered a Tahiti lime. The term Persian lime is ...

Just a few steps out his back door, Ramirez and his family can pick fruit from 10 trees around a small deck — Bearss lime, papaya, cherimoya, mango, apple, guava, Meyer lemon, mandarin ...

The Bearss or Persian lime is what most people find at the grocery store, according to Dillon, who says the fruit is great for making lime juice or cocktails. But if you grow it at home ...

There are also varieties of lemon (Eureka and Lisbon) and lime (Bearss) that produce year-round. Finally, certain kumquats and their hybrids fruit nonstop and are used for ornamental purposes ...

Limes, too, fare well. 'Bearss,' considered the best lime for our gardens, produces fruit throughout the year, though winter to late spring brings its main crop. As most citrus grows grafted on ...

Q: I have a Bearss lime tree with some fruit that has green and yellow and sometimes brown vertical striping on the rind all the way around. It is beautiful, but what causes it? Is the fruit still ...