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Jinxmom, that to me looks like an unripe Eureka lemon. Too large for a lime, here's a pic of my bearss limes. Nice looking fruit though.
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Evan

Same, same... a Bearss lime, if only a few on the tree will get that size. For my taste I leave them on the tree until they start to turn yellow... more juice, more sugar, better all around.

Same here, John. Can someone who has decided it's better to pick them fully green explain why? I feel like I'm missing something.

IMO the Meyer is the finest lemon/lime in the world; but we will never capture/convince that small part of the market that is addicted to the bitter, green, juiceless "fruit" they know as "lime".

It is a Berass. This first crop only had 9 limes so they grew large. I will wait to harvest more; but I got impatient.

Wow, jinx, that is the BIGGEST Bearss lime I've ever seen! Very nice. I let my Bearss ripen until they just start turning yellow. You will get the most juice out of them if you wait until they are more ripe. Lovely. I have an Atwood Navel that is also very young, and has a succession of ripening fruit on it right now, but the one fruit that is coming ripe now (the only one) is the size of a grapefruilt because it is the lone most ripe fruit. I'll try to snap a pic of it tomorrow.

Patty S.

Are these limes low acid with sweetness for a good out of hand eating.

Steve

No Steve. Bears limes taste very similar to the Mexican (Key) lime. Only they are larger and have a very high juices to solid ratio, similar to the Meyer lemon. I love them. I think thy are better than the Mexican lime, personally. You are thinking of the Palestine Line that is insipid. Tastes like watered down limeade. The Palestine lime is very popular in the Middle East.

Patty S.