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["MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>]

I think that you are all saying the same thing. The citron of history is a 
type of lemon and the Citron melon is just a lemon flavored melon which does 
not make it a true citron.
By the way the citron melon is what we used to call a pie melon. We always 
thought it was a watermelon gone wild and it sure cannot be eaten raw.
Richard Ashton
Brownwood, Texas
zone 8- HS 9

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From: "Thomas A. Beckett" <thomas@tbeckett.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] citron


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> I have a question about "citron".
>
> I have a recipe for a "white fruitcake" in one of my "Southern"
> cookbooks that calls for citron, finely chopped.  Until recently I
> thought that citron was a citrus fruit and that was that.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron
> Then in a seed catalogue I read a description of a melon variety that
> says the melon is "used to make preserves and "sweetmeats" that are
> added to fruitcakes, cookies and puddings."
> http://www.seedsavers.org/prodinfo.asp?number=1240(OG)
>
> So which is it?  Is the melon lemony-flavored?  I have a package of
> candied citron, but there is no indication of whether that is citrus or
> melon.  A little Google-based research is inconclusive.  Is it a weed
> http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FW013
> or a pickle or hog fodder?
> http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV052
> Was the catalogue just confused?
> http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/fruits/citron.htm
> Seems like melon or citrus could be used in the recipe.
>
> Thanks for your collective wisdom.
>
> Thomas
> Hendersonville, NC
>
> P.S.  Is either melon or citrus something that would grow well here in
> the mountains of North Carolina?
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