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  • From: Geoffrey Tolle <Gtolle0709@wowway.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Citron
  • Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:59:50 -0500

Doc,

Probably not quite useless. The seeds are probably edible. The egushi, a very bitter watermelon relative, is widely grown in Africa for its seeds. The natives have a "technique" for shelling the seeds and several hulless or nearly hulless varieties have been developed. I suppose that it just depends on the size of the seeds.

Geoffrey Tolle

Doc Lisenby wrote:

Tom, ask around among farmers in NorCar. Citron was an undesirable pest plant found among watermelon patches back in the thirties, forties and fifties. [Deletions] They are worthless for eating purposes, except for preserved citron as far as I know.
Doc Lisenby






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