Citrus > Cold Hardy Citrus

Hybrids

(1/6) > >>

hardyvermont:
This is the first year this F2 Pomelo x Poncirus has fruited.  It is grafted 5 ft up on a Poncirus which has not been pruned back.  It has gone through several winters without protection, including a low of about 6 F, -14.4 C.  Fruit does not appear to be ripe.  Brix is 8.5.  Taste is sour with Poncirus overtones.  Somewhat like a grapefruit picked too early.  Fruit is oval 5.5 inches (14 cm) at the widest and 4 (10 cm) inches high. 

kumin:
Congratulations, what a large fruit! How early in the year did it flower? What is the ancestry of the tree?

hardyvermont:

--- Quote from: kumin on November 23, 2021, 12:05:56 PM ---Congratulations, what a large fruit! How early in the year did it flower? What is the ancestry
estry of the tree?

--- End quote ---
The flowers were not noticed, when the fruit appeared it was a surprise.  It probably bloomed in early April.  The female parent is Hirado Buntan, the male is from a seed collected at the Arnold Arboretum. 

tedburn:
Nice fruit and quite hardy plant, did you cross it and raise it from seed ? How long dit it take to fruit ?

hardyvermont:

--- Quote from: tedburn on November 23, 2021, 01:02:22 PM ---Nice fruit and quite hardy plant, did you cross it and raise it from seed ? How long dit it take to fruit ?

--- End quote ---
Yes, I made the original cross.  This is from a seedling from that cross.  It is about 8 years old.  It would have bloomed earlier if it had been planted in the ground sooner rather than kept in a pot. 

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page