North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Richard O'Barr" <aatopgunaa@mindspring.com>]

I've always been under the impression that over 50% of citrus seed can come
true. This may vary from an orchard  to potted culture where several
varieties are side by side.
                                                                         TG

Zone 7
----- Original Message -----
From: "miekal and" <dtv@mwt.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Potted citrus


> this is very interesting, the tree is pretty young (I think I got it
> from hidden springs last year as a youngun) & I did cut it back.  Im
> sure it wasnt over fertilized since I tend to be very conservative with
> fertilizing my container orchard...  thanks for this.
>
> also, is Meyer's a seedling or a grafted variety?  if its a seedling
> what's the chance of reproducing true to seed?
>
> mIEKAL
>
>
> On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Richard O'Barr wrote:
>
> > Note:
> >      This excerpt came from a list of disorders from a Master Gardeners
> > course in FL that was just forwarded to me.
> >                                                             Topgun
> >                                                              AL, zone 7
> > http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Master_Gardener
> >
> > P.S.   Go to this site for more details.
> >
> >
> > Symptom: Thick peel
> >
> > Physiological disorder
> >  At harvest
> >  Near harvest
> >  Follow good cultural practices.
> >
> > Comment: Worse on trees which are young or overfertilized, recently
> > pruned.
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Most questions can be answered here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> File attachments are accepted by this list; please do not send binary
files, plain text ONLY!
> Message archives are here:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
> To view your user options go to:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex/XXXX@XXXX (where XXXX@XXXX
is
> YOUR email address)
> NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/