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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] indoor citrus
  • Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:57:36 -0500

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:56:49 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I germinated a clemintine seed a couple of years ago. It grows very
>slowly in a terra cotta pot. It is only about 8" tall after 2 years.
>Spends the entire summer outside in the full sun, and the winter in a
>sunny window.
>
>I do not think it will ever bear fruit. Do they allow clemintines in the
>US?

Yes, our stores sell them in winter. They're generally
imported from Spain, at least the ones I buy generally are.


>
>About the size of a tangerine, easy to peal, and about 1 in 10 will have a
>seed or two in it. Very sweet eating too.

For myself, I prefer satsumas. But we can't buy them here
(northern Pennsylvania), darn it. The clementines are nice
too, though.

Pat

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