New Kumquat Variety?

[sheaper]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1518471450/

What are y’all’s thoughts on this?

[a_Vivaldi]

No reviews yet. Wouldn't hurt to message the seller and ask them about it. Heck, the might even be a member of this forum and would be interested in making their case for the new variety.

[Ilya11]

It is a new chimeric diploid/tetraploid variety from China
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[Millet]

$150.00 plus 41.00 shipping = $191.00 for a kumquat tree.  I'll wait Madison Nursery has the variety.

[sheaper]

My thoughts exactly Millet

[vnomonee]

Was the plant smuggled from China? Just curious about citrus diseases. Otherwise if you guys really wanted it we could do a group buy, and cut scions from it. Would need a growing season or two though to put on some size for scions. Yeah maybe better to wait haha

[bussone]

It is a new chimeric diploid/tetraploid variety from China
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The small oil vessels bodes well for poncirus crosses.

[martweb]

For crossing purposes does it behave like a diploidor tetraploid?

[brian]

That is a bit too much money for me to risk it being fake.  If I see somebody here confirm fruiting it that would give me a bit more confidence. 

It looks like the fruit is as large as a chicken egg according to the pictures.   That is actually a negative I think, I like the bite size kumquats where you can eat the rind & flesh at same time with no mess.  The "Red Lime" kumquat hybrid is like this, it tastes okay but it is very messy to eat a whole one. 

[Perplexed]

It’s not fake, I talked to the person growing this and it’s 100% real. Some of them are already flowering and are grafted.

[Fygee]

One more variety to add to the collection...

Definitely waiting until this is sold from a more trusted vendor at a better price though.

[Ilya11]

For crossing purposes does it behave like a diploidor tetraploid?

Probably as a tetraploid, as the juice sacs are of the same layer as embryos.