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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

OK, I can be patient...   Will pips from a clementine grow
into anything indoors in a pot?  You find a rare seed or two
in a fruit.

Later,
Tom

Kathleen Meigs wrote:

>  Hi there from out West--
>
> I hope this is of interest:
>
> We grow lots of citrus including "tangerines" out here in
> southern and
> central California. Clementine is one variety of
> tangerigne or mandarin
> orange. We prefer satsuma mandarin as sweeter, juicer,
> easier to peel.
> Seedless tangerines (of which there are several varieties,
> including Pixie,
> are the best for gulping down).
>
> I have stared two (small) owari satsumi in outdoor pots.
> One has set two
> fruits which ought to be ripe in a few weeks (the fruit
> ripens in December,
> so are great around Christmas). Hae wrapped the pots, on
> the south wall,
> with "agribon". Tangerines are grown comercially in Ojai,
> Fillmore (Ventura
> County) and the Central Valley in California.
>
> I had a tree with so many satsumas at my apartment in
> Santa Barbara that I
> regularly squeezed them for their delicious nectar! The
> peels are good in
> Chinese cooking. Up here where I am now it is iffy since
> the temp sometimes
> get as low as 8 degrees. But usually not below 20.
> Tangerines are the most
> cold hardy citrus (I think after kumquats, also in
> abundance in California,
> tasty but not delectable like tangerines). Meyer "Lemon"
> is said to be
> fairly cold hardy (ie can freeze a bit) too. Then navel
> oranges. Limes are
> the least cold hardy citrus.
>
> Richard Ableman's nice book "On Good Land" talks about his
> trying to grow
> Clementine mandarins (I think they are grown mostly in
> North Africa) at his
> community garden in Goleta, Calif.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>
> To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Clementines?
>
>
> > If you like Clementines, you will love Owari Satsumas.
> > They are our favorite citrus.
> > They are the ones you get in cans from Japan.
> > Loose peel. segments free easily and delicious when
> ripe.
> > Sam
> > At 08:04 AM 12/7/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >Will never be able to grow clementines here in Ontario,
> but does anyone
> > >have experience with them?
> > >
> > >We must eat 5 pounds of clementines a week this time of
> year and just
> > >curious what I can learn from fellow NAFEX'rs about
> them.
> > >
> > >The wooden crates they come in are handy too.  Lined
> with plastic they
> are
> > >good seed flats.
> > >
> > >If you have not tried clementines you are really
> missing a treat.
> > >
> > >Later,
> > >Tom
> > >
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a



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