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["Dr. Ethan Natelson" <natelson@pipeline.com>]

Dear John,

     The Bergamot (C bergamia) is used to produce Bergamot oil which is an
important in the production of eau de cologne.  I don't think the fruit is
very edible, sort of a small sour orange. I don't know the other.  I believe
they have microcitrus in their collection, but Mani would know.  He is also
an expert on micrografting, which is the technique they use to make a
desirable but infected citrus plant virus free.  They keep passing the
smallest tip of a rapidly growing infected plant as a graft to a new
rootstock and can usually "outrun" the virus.  Several of our group have had
tours of their facility and it is worth the long drive.

                                Regards, Ethan



At 08:48 PM 7/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Dr. Natelson:
>
>Thanks very much for the E-mail addy and access to the Texas budwood
collection.
>This is a boon for any serious citrus grower/enthusiast.
>Very, very much appreciated. Wonderful to get a lead like that!
>And a buck a stick is very reasonable. Heck, nobody works for nothing.
>Would you or have you ever heard of Citrus Melangelo? or Bergamia? (Form of
Italian-
>Aurantium)
>Or might you know of, off handedly if Weslaco has any of the Microcitrus 
>Genus?
>Last question.....Promise. Do they sell seed as well or have variegated
varieties.
>Sorry I cheated! (2 questions) : ]
>
>Thanks a million.
>
>Best wishes,
>John
>
>"Dr. Ethan Natelson" wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Citrus enthusiasts,
>> 
>>      Probably more important than whether the Jaffa Orange originated in
>> Palestine or Israel (the orchard may have changed its name too, if it is
>> still there) is the fact that this and other named cultivars may be 
>> obtained
>> in the form of virus free bud wood supplied by the Texas A&M Citrus Center
>> in Weslaco, Texas, for a small fee (perhap a dollar a stick or perhaps sold
>> by the bud?).  Mani Skaria, who is Professor of Plant Pathology there
>> (e-mail, m-skaria@tamu.edu) has been involved in this project for some time
>> and is always very helpful as are the rest of his group.  There probably 
>> are
>> some restrictions as to what states they can ship budwood to.  The citrus
>> germplasm collection at the Citrus Center is vast and there are probably
>> very few cultivars that they do not have.
>> 
>>                                       Regards, Ethan
>> 
>>
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