Congratulations, Ilya! I haven’t heard of this variety. Is it one that you hybridized yourself? Is the fruit good? Do you eat it like a kumquat, peel and all?
Thank you,
This variety was bred in Florida, B.Voss from Hamburg got several seeds of it, they were probably all zygotic and one of the seedlings has been chosen by him and propagated by grafting. I got this plant from Bernhard in 2002, it has been in the ground since 2003, unprotected but in a rather favorable position close to the Western wall of the house. Never was damaged ( the lowest temperature was -16.5C). As far as I know this grafted seedling started to flower for the first time in my garden in 2010.
It has several waves of flowering, fruits are ripe in around 3 months. I suspect this seedling is triploid since it contains few seeds (one in approximately 4 fruits). In a description of original 6-7-2 it was full of seeds. Fruits have variable amount of juice when fully ripe. Some are empty, while majority have juice that is less acid than that of Nagami. Albedo is sweet, the outer skin is bitter with pine and feijoa notes. If you like Bitter orange jam you can eat these fruits like kumquats, with years I became addicted to them.
