Cocktail Trees Varieties

A Variety of Citrus Fruits

It is also known as fruit cocktail trees, where the rootstock has multiple varieties of fruit grafted onto it.

VARIETY	SEASON OF MATURITY	SEEDS/FRUIT	FRUIT SIZE	COMMENTS
Buddha’s Hand (fingered citron or sarcodactylis) Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis	Nov – Mar			The tree is small, with the fruit split down the length resembling a human hand. Used as a garden shrub, for perfuming rooms and clothing, as adornment at religious ceremonies. New Year’s good luck gift.
Calamondin (Chinese orange) Sour mandarin × kumquat Citrus microcarpa or Citrus mitis or Fortunella mitis or Citrofortunella microcarpa	Nov – Apr	Few 3 – 5	Small ¼” – 1½”	Round. Very heavy producer, very showy landscaping plant, small oval leaves, thin-skinned. Used to flavor drinks for marmalades, jellies, and cooking. Juicy, acidic. Marketed as miniature oranges for houseplants. Cold hardy.
Chinotto Citrus myrtifolia Myrtle‑leaf orange			Small	It is a sour, orange-type, small, and highly decorative ornamental shrub. Slow growing, thornless branches have a weeping habit. Pebbled rind. It blooms profusely. Italians use it for bitter liquor. Used for glace fruit – crystallized fruit.
Etrog (Ethrog) Citrus limonimedica or Citrus medica var. Etrog	Nov – Mar	Excessive	Small – Medium 1” – 2”	Lemon‑shaped fruit. Strongly ridged, firm thick rind, cannot be removed by peeling. Fruit is yellow to yellowish‑orange. Peel oil has a distinctive aroma. Pulp strongly acid flavor like lemon. Less vigorous and productive of citron varieties; leaves are more rounded and cupped. Used in Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
Volkamer Lemon Citrus volkameriana Lemon × sour orange				Rootstock. Trees on this rootstock are vigorous and very productive, but fruit quality is a little better than rough lemon. Tolerant to the Tristeza virus and somewhat to salinity. Cold hardy.
Swingle Citrumelo Trifoliate orange × grapefruit				Rootstock. It produces fruit of outstanding quality equaling to that produced on sour orange. Tristeza‑tolerant, resistant to phytophthora root rot and citrus nematode. Cold hardy.

Note: Nothing requires a pollinator; if it did, it may produce more fruit.
< 25‑30°F, need to protect all citrus. Hard freeze: 28°F > 4 hrs.