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[Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>]

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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