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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Oranges Color and Taste Comparison
« on: May 07, 2014, 05:36:43 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 03, 2014, 02:49:47 AM
Quote from: Millet on May 02, 2014, 09:24:56 PM
Fruitlovers, I think as far as Coke drinkers go, it is not millions and millions.  The number of the world's coke drinkers,  is actually billions and billions of people.  - Millet


1000 million = 1 billion
Only 7 billion total population, so i doubt your statement is true, but yes LOTS of people eat junk food and drinks. That was my point.


http://www.statisticbrain.com/coca-cola-company-statistics/
Check out the percentage of the world population that recognizes the logo.

I don't think it's unreasonable that there are >1B drinkers worldwide.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Oranges Color and Taste Comparison
« on: May 07, 2014, 05:30:32 PM »
Quote from: Mike T on May 02, 2014, 07:59:46 PM
I can't think of an artificial frit flavour close to the original.

Apple and lemon are really close.

I was amazed how much Buddha's Hand tasted like what I had always associated with "artificial" lemon.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Cold Hardy Citrus
« on: May 07, 2014, 05:15:29 PM »
Quote from: brian on April 23, 2014, 02:57:01 PM
Outdoors??   It gets down to around -10F in our zones!  I didn't think any citrus would survive that low.


http://www.annarborgardener.com/2012/04/poncirus-plum-and-cat.html

That Flying Dragon is either in Ann Arbor (6a) or Chelsea (5b), MI.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pomelo versus Grapefruit
« on: April 29, 2014, 04:33:49 PM »
Quote from: Millet on April 28, 2014, 10:07:51 PM
Mike, we don't have to assume that the original species were citron, pummelo, and mandarin.  The genetic work has already been accomplished, and indeed the original citrus varieties were verified as being only the citron, pummelo, and mandarin.  As far as the pummelo and sweet orange being the parents of the grapefruit, I can't say for 101% sure that the genetic work has been done to verify that, but I believe it also has been.  Anyway, you will find that most all internet web sites state that pummelo and sweet orange are indeed the parents.  - Millet

I thought hystrix was considered to be true species, as well the cousins in Fortunella, Poncirus, and Microcitrus if you lump them into Citrus too.

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