I would say Meyer; but you already have one in the ground; so it probably is enough to supply you. Next I would go with the Persian lime (is it a Bearss?); you don't have a lime; and that one is pretty good, especially if you let it get a tinge of yellow before you harvest it. I am sure someone will suggest the blood orange; but I don't particulary care for them; and they may be a bit more trouble to grow.

Decisions, decisions! Moro or Persian lime would be the two from the list I'd consider in your situation. Getting good fruit is easy with the persian lime, not so much with the Moro. Since you have the set up and energy to freeze protect, the lime could survive once it has a 4 to 5 inch trunk. Getting it to that size is certainly a gamble. The Persian limes i have usually are ready to harvest by mid August and into December. They all drop - yellow - in January.

The moro is far more cold tolerant than the lime. The protection would get the fruit to their peak in January or early February. I don't know if the climate in your area will yield good flavor.

I am not a fan of any 'quats. Yes the trees are cold tolerant... but fruit is not. You will have a tree, but the fruit will be frozen and just compost. Good luck!!!

If you are crazy about citrus i guess the choice become a little harder since you already knows a lot about them, i would consider something others than citrus especially with Greening Desease in your area. How about avocado....

I say go with something that you would get the most use (eat) and the variety you don't have to worry so much about protecting. That leaves you with the Moro, satsuma or Dancy. Another option is if you don't like any of the choices, pay the gift forward and give the tree to somebody who would appreciate it.

Bob, the problem is this groups selection list is limited to the above mentioned citrus as well as well as Celeste Fig, or boxed Satsuma fruit. Given I already have thousands of Satsumas ready to pick on the trees, boxed fruit is probably not the best option, I also already have a mature Celeste Fig (or at least something close to the Celeste family).

p.s. I planted my first Avocado earlier this year, it is a Joey Avocado which is climate appropriate, as it was originally found growing in the Texas Hill country northwest of San Antonio which is about 400 miles west of here.

Denise, that is a thought, though all the people that I can think of that I might normally give one to are going through life issues of one type or another at the moment, and I would not want to burden them with the care a citrus plant would need until it would be time to plant it in the ground in the spring.

I suggest getting the kumquat then. It's different, very pretty with all the fruit and hardy down to 18* from what I have read.

Lime may likely not survive where you are. They are even less cold tolerant than lemon.

You might even consider a persimmon. I hear there are others doing quite well with domesticated persimmon trees. My kumquat flowered in early June and ripened in September through October.

Steve