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Citrus General Discussion / Re: minneola tangelo in container
« on: April 20, 2014, 10:21:44 PM »
Great info. Thanks. Smaller mandarins often taste better to me than the big ones. Same holds true about blueberries and blackberries, usually to me at least.  The best cantaloupe I ever had was unusually small. Tom

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I agree with you about oranges vs mandarins. The honey mandarin could be a Murcott. Murcotts are late and full of seeds. People have loved Murcott for along time. A Honey Mandarin could be a variety on its own but a lot of Murcotts are called Honey Mandarins. Very confusing to me. I think some Golden Nuggets get sold as Cuties. Some Cuties are fantastic. Some not as good. I think they will be better in a few years and if you grow them yourself. Tom

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Oranges Color and Taste Comparison
« on: April 20, 2014, 07:11:43 PM »
I've had great citrus from California and Florida but I had some Ruby grapefruit from Texas that were the best grapefruit I've ever tasted. So sweet it was unreal. Tom

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Easter Sunday
« on: April 20, 2014, 06:51:53 PM »
Yes. We had eating and robust social interaction. We went to church , ate great, and had an Easter egg hunt. We put $200 in plastic eggs and you should have seen our adult children looking for eggs. A very competitive group ! Nobody got hurt this year. I've seen small children get run over just a little bit, but not this year. Everybody is more mature. Ha !

Home made margaritas the night before and they wanted to know why I didn't have any home grown limes at Easter. Grocery store is better than nothing !

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: minneola tangelo in container
« on: April 20, 2014, 06:42:43 PM »
Great. That makes sense. Thanks. Tom

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Valentine Pumelo
« on: April 20, 2014, 05:55:01 PM »
Millet, I'm guessing a Pumelo left to hang as you suggest will taste much better than what I bought and did not like from a grocery store ? Tom

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: minneola tangelo in container
« on: April 20, 2014, 05:50:36 PM »
I guess that could be called straight forward. Good luck ! Your green house will be a huge help for where you are. I believe your tree is also called a honey bell. The tree and roots look good to me. I guess you are repotting in the light colored square container. Are the pictures in order or did you put it back in the same pot or a similar one ?  Tom

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Xie Shan is very early and delicious. Brown Select is mighty good too. Cara Cara sounds great but I have no experience. Some people go nuts over the Meyer Lemon that has orange and lemon in its heritage but beware of vicious thorns. My Meyer has done the best of all my citrus, maybe because it's the oldest. The Meyer is not my favorite flavor. I think anything you grow that is adapted to your area will taste much better than what you buy in the store but citrus is supposed to taste better the older the age of tree. Tom

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Nippon Orangequat
« on: April 20, 2014, 04:24:19 PM »
My Xie Shan are upright so far but still young. I can't wait. They have won every taste test I ever did.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Chas's Citrus Collection
« on: April 20, 2014, 04:18:22 PM »
Great pictures. My son taught school in Diosd for several years. His wife too. They loved it ! Beautiful place.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Easter Sunday
« on: April 20, 2014, 04:12:33 PM »
We had 20 total for lunch and the food was great. Happy Easter. The real meaning is the best news of all.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Citruswall
« on: April 20, 2014, 04:09:57 PM »
Looks great !

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kishu Mandarin
« on: April 19, 2014, 01:52:44 PM »
My Kishu hasn't had fruit yet but I thought one characteristic was fruit were from very tiny up to golf ball size at the largest, all at the same time. Tom

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself
« on: June 27, 2013, 03:24:12 PM »
Hi. I am Tom in central Alabama USA. I am a master gardener and love trying to grow citrus in Montgomery.  I have a farming background. We had cotton, cattle, pecans and soy beans. Also some timber. The citrus forum.up is,having a lot of problems and it may get shut down. I have enjoyed it very much and this forum came to my attention as a good citrus site.

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