Citrons?

Laaz Administrator Charleston, SC Z9a USA Posts: 1,080	Citrons? May 23, 2021 12:27:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Laaz on May 23, 2021 12:27:22 GMT -5 Anyone in the states have any large interesting citrons? It seems US growers pretty much ignore citrons all together.

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Citrons? May 24, 2021 11:57:14 GMT -5 Laaz and Florian like this

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This spring I got a first fruit of Corsican citron:

You can eat its albedo like an apple, it is moderately sweet without bitterness, outer skin is aromatic with some slight bitter taste.

Inside part has some acid, much less than in a lemon, it is filled with multiple seeds that are bitter.

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Ilya

Laaz Administrator Charleston, SC Z9a USA Posts: 1,080	Citrons? May 24, 2021 17:10:43 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Laaz on May 24, 2021 17:10:43 GMT -5 That's what I'm talking about! The Roman citron looks very nice as well.

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Citrons? May 25, 2021 5:16:30 GMT -5

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The UCR collection has some great ones,
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/citrons.html.
Over on the other forum, they discussed Turunji.
www.logees.com/citrus-turunji-citrus-medica-2261.html
i'm thinking that is one of the most interesting types.

Laaz Administrator Charleston, SC Z9a USA Posts: 1,080	Citrons? May 25, 2021 5:47:29 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Laaz on May 25, 2021 5:47:29 GMT -5 Yes, UCR has quite a collection but most all are "Not commercially available in California"...

millet Moderator Moderator Posts: 344	Citrons? Jun 2, 2021 10:18:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by millet on Jun 2, 2021 10:18:24 GMT -5 I am growing a turunji mainly to see how large it can become. Otherwise, I really do not see any reason to grow a citron.