The Tropical Fruit Forum

Best satsuma I have ever tasted was from a 20 year old owari tree planted in 1989 grown in sandy soil
in Bridge City, TX. It was incredibly sweet and had an excellent acid/sugar ratio. It was unlike
an other satsuma I have ever tasted. I took budwood and propagated it at my home in Beaumont,TX and the fruit was nothing special.
Terroir does indeed make a huge difference in citrus! Nurseries around the Houston area
propagate it as "little sweetie". I sold a couple trees to someone from Houston and labeled them as "little sweetie"
which is what the Bridge City, TX grower called his selection of owari. It is described as "naturally small tree with small, easy to peel fruit."
I have to laugh at that contrived description!  http://www.brazoscitrus.com/products.aspx?catalog_id=109

The one I had was on a rootstock, and died to the graft.

Haven't thought about rooting cuttings.  I kinda like the dwarfing rootstocks--means I can grow more trees!

If I get another persian, though, I will place it in a protected spot with my mangos and avocados.

Let the rootstock grow out and graft it. Next time pile up dirt about 2 feet and save the graft. They grow back very fast.

Must be what I have.  My limequats are large.  Taste like a mix of orange and lime.  Very juicy

My tavares limequats are about 2-3 inches long and an inch in diameter, similar to indio mandarinquats in shape and size. Eustis limequats are the size
of kumquats.

These were grown by a friend in Matagarda, TX along the coast between near Victoria,TX. Tree is one of three seedlings golden grapefruit planted in 1989
after the 10F freeze when no nursery stock was available. No such freeze since then. Fruit is white grapefruit.

Yes, unfortunately it is true
Galicia and the north of Spain have only small isolated citrus orchards, and few citrus in private gardens.
Due to climate, the zone of growing is very limited to a narrow fringe near the coast.
But if it reaches Valencia and Andalucía, it will be a catastrophic matter for Spanish and European citrus industry.
Fortunately, the killer bacteria has not been found so far...

Just a matter of time until greening is found unfortunately.

I note that John Panzarella says that the Golden Grapefruit does come true from seed.  However, if indeed it REALLY does come true from seed than it should produce a GOLDEN colored grapefruit, just like its mother. -  Millet

My mature golden grapefruit tree in Beaumont would occasionally make a white fruit.
The white fruit I tasted was not the same tasting as the golden grapefruit. It was slightly
sour. The golden grapefruit by now are overly sweet.

I give them a big thumbs up, tried one at a tasting a year ago, want more.  Mine is still real small.

Where did you get your tree? The budwood was only available from California. I propagated
a couple several years ago and you may have tasted my fruit if it was at Panzarella's house in Lake Jackson.

That's citrus leaf miner. Unless trees are really small doesn't do much damage
and not worth treating. They didn't show up last year until Sept 1.
close by in Sugar Land

Phil, does the Golden Grapefruit leaf have the typical wide petiole like a regular grapefruit variety? - Millet

yes

Nice meyer lemons I picked today. Could have picked 1,000 more. No need to grow your own meyer lemon tree with a friend that has one. What to do with them after lemonade? What to do with a whole trees worth of meyer lemons? Why, Morocan preserved lemons of course for your whole neighborhood. Plastic jars and lids recommended due to metal lids rusting. I however have a quart of preserved lemons left over from last year. A little goes a long way. Easy to make and keeps without refrigeration. I however keep them in the refrigerator to preserve freshness. Quarter the lemons, add a tablespoon of salt for each lemon and fill the jar with lemon juice. No need to worry about not having enough lemon juice with this many meyer lemons. Nice for anything requiring lemons and salt also such as home made salad dressing of any sort. You are really only supposed to save the skin but I went ahead and pureed skins, juice, pulp and all. Good for many a nice tagine, er Moroccan Chicken with rice. Would you like a nice tagine? They say this on every cooking show featuring Moroccan restaurants. Yes I would like a nice tagine. Could sell them at the farmer's market for $1 each as I saw someone doing several years ago but that's a lot of lemons for the 50 mile round trip.

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Only sweet lemon i have tasted is the Sanbokan, and i have tried a number of them, and it was not very impressive.

Lemonades taste like lemonades.  They really aren't anything like other sweet lemons. I have always been baffled as to why they aren't as popular as oranges.

I wish they were available here in Florida.  Wonder why none of the citrus growers propagate them.

Definitely strange that they are almost unheard of outside of Nz and Australia. I've sent seeds to the U.S. Before.

Can you comment on their cold hardiness? Closer to orange or lemon?

So far I have picked two New Zealand Lemonade fruit and have found no seeds.  The fruit does taste like lemonade.  - Millet

Have you tasted the other sweet lemons, ujukitsu or sulcata? IMHO NZ lemonade tastes better.