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Skandiberg:
And here is the first fruit tasting of the season!

Malayan kumquat

It's impossible to cut it in two halves, the peel of one half comes off in one piece. So what I experienced in April was not because those fruits were overripe. I never saw this at other kumquats.

4 viable seeds and an aborted one.

The rind smells nothing like regular kumquats when I scratch it. It has some vegetable smell with a hint if Citrus. Something like parsley. Not what you would expect. It isn't unpleasant just shocking.

Very little flesh. It tastes like a toned down Nagami, rind is thin, neutral tasting (maybe a little sweet but barely) while the flesh is sour. Not as overly sour as Nagami or Calamondin.

Not bad overall but I understand why its fruit is not sold anywhere. I wouldn't pay for it. If anyone wants those 4  seeds, let me know.

Arcobal Brix 7

I don't know how typical or representative this fruit is, I found it too hard to the touch so I kept it on the kitchen desk for a week before trying the fruit. No seeds inside. I found a few aborted ones though.

The rind is edible. Not especially good but I found nothing bad about it so I ate a chunk of flesh with a piece of rind.

The rind seperates from the flesh easily. Not zipper peel but I had no difficulty removing the rind. The flesh has a nice orange colour and tastes like a blood orange without sweetness. It's sour but not too sour. I could never eat a piece of lemon but I managed to eat a wedge of this one without swearing about it so it's surely milder than a lemon. The flesh is juicy but not overly juicy, I see more fibers than juice, if it makes sense. Its taste is more blood orange than Meyer. I wouldn't eat it out of hand but I imagine it can be good if a fruit is let ro ripe longer, maybe it can even develop some sweetness.

HRS899 O/Q Brix 13,5

A whopping 22 viable seeds in such a small fruit (and a few undeveloped ones).

I know from last year that it's no use tackling its rind so I immediately squeeze the juice by hand which happens quite easily. The juice has an agreeable taste. I remember it wasn't bad at all last year but I think it's better now. There is a little sweetness! Actually, probably quite a lot, enough to shine through the extremely acidic taste. I retried Arcobal again which now seemed more like a moderately sweet orange after the HRS899 O/Q fruit. So the HRS is indeed very sour. But I detect no bad flavours, and the hand-squeezed juice had no resin and no bitterness at all. Just acidity and a tiny bit of sweetness. I diluted the juice with water and it tasted good. Of course I could recognize the Poncirus heritage easily in the taste but only the better, floral part of it. All in all, it's a decent lemon substitute if you just need the sour juice.

There was resin on the knife after cutting the fruit. If I used a juicer, that would also be sticky. But I could juice the fruit very easily with my hand. There wasn't much flesh and most of it was seeds but what there was tasted good and held a fair amount of juice. One fruit would be plenty enough for a nice big mug of tea.

tedburn:
Hello Tamasz,
very nice to overflow your story and interesting to see,
how fascinating citrus are and people (also me) get
positively mad of them.
Good luck and success, I also like this forum due to
receice a lot of interesting information and also to share useful
information.
Regards Frank

BP:
Yea I quite enjoyed the writeup and story, I see a lot of myself in it. Looking forward to the future posts! I also have a few random citrus seedlings with weird bifoliate leaves as well they are so interesting and exciting.

Skandiberg:
Thank you guys, much appreciated!

I had to apologize in advance for failing to be brief but I want to give all the info that I think is relevant. And I have too much to say. The next thing I know I will write about is yuzu N30. Fruits are becoming softer and a little yellow. I hope to have some updates within a few weeks.

BP, feel free to attach pictures!

Luisport:
Congratulations! Your collection is very interesting!

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