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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 15:21:09 GMT -5
Grabbed some of the Tennessee & Dunstan citromelo's...   |
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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 15:27:41 GMT -5
Freshly picked cotton field on the way up.  |
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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 15:32:35 GMT -5
Also grabbed what he said were Citrondarin's to try as rootstoxk. (Satsuma x trifoliata)
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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 15:49:18 GMT -5
L to R Tennessee, Citrondarin & Dunstan.  |
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Post by mikkel on Nov 30, 2020 17:20:29 GMT -5
What about the taste? Is it worth to write home about it? 
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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 17:55:50 GMT -5
I didn't eat yet, I didn't want to ruin my apppatite...  |
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Post by Laaz on Nov 30, 2020 18:12:07 GMT -5
I cut it & test it tomorrow after work.
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Post by Laaz on Dec 6, 2020 12:07:40 GMT -5
OK, the Tennessee citrumelo wasn't too bad, very sour & a little trifoliata taste. The Dunstan was pretty nasty with quite a bit of trifoliata aftertaste. The Tennessee was like a very sour unripe grapefruit with mild poncirus aftertaste.
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Post by Laaz on Dec 6, 2020 13:23:07 GMT -5
And the poncirus x satsuma was also nasty with very small seeds. I'll plant one of each waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out back & use the rest for rootstock. I'll get some photo's up later after I clean all this nasty muck off my hands...
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Post by Laaz on Dec 6, 2020 14:50:33 GMT -5
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Post by Laaz on Dec 6, 2020 14:53:43 GMT -5
Tennessee citrumelo, very large flat seed...   |
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Post by Laaz on Dec 6, 2020 14:56:35 GMT -5
Pocirus x satsuma.   |
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Post by ilya11 on Dec 7, 2020 4:48:36 GMT -5
Last year I had a first fruit of my Dunstan and really amazed how uniform and strong are its seedlings.
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Post by citradia on Dec 9, 2020 21:30:46 GMT -5
Laaz, I would like clarification: “citrondarin” from Stan should be technically called a citsuma if it is poncirus x satsuma, no? And if it is poncirus x mandarin it should be spelled “citrandarin “, right? The fruit you pictured of the citrondarin looks very orange in color like a satsuma unlike the photos I have seen of other folks’ more yellow-colored citrandarin fruit. I know satsuma and mandarin are both citrus reticulata, but I am curious about the difference in citsuma and citrandarin/citrondarin in name and physical characteristics. To the point, do you think Stan’s citrondarin is actually a citsuma? I have ordered a few citrandarin seedlings from Stan, so I’m very interested in your opinion. I will ask Stan about the trees too, since I know he used to have citsuma several years ago but he told me it didn’t grow very fast.
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Post by Laaz on Dec 10, 2020 5:58:50 GMT -5
You would get a better answer from Stan. I just took a few to try as rootstock while we were there talking. I don't have much interest in cold hardy hybrids as I can grow most of the better tasting citrus.
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