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["S & E Hills" <ehills7408@wowway.com>]

I know it is not something you are looking to do, but do you know if
Poncirus Trifolate is easy to grow from seed?  I'm thinking it would be an
interesting thing to try to grow.

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of nottke1
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:30 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Winter Hardy Orange

I have a few hundred Hardy Orange (Poncirus trifoliata) thanks to a previous
owner who did not keep them bush-hogged out of a cattle pasture.  I have
eliminated about half of them so far.
Per some discussions on this site a couple years ago, I harvested ripe fruit
in September from many of the trees, looking for ones with fewer seeds and
less bitter pulp.  There was very little difference between all the fruit I
tested.  It is intensely flavored, but makes good lemonade (1 tbsp juice to
a cup of sugar and a cup of water).  I made some good marmalade from the
peel and juice, but I have not bothered to repeat it.
The peel contains a sticky white sap until the fruit is dead ripe.
Cut branches and trunks, after drying for a week, are so high in oil
content, they burn as if they had been soaked in gasoline!

>3) Oranges - Ponicirus trifoliata is listed as having fruit that is 
>inedible (bitter, I assume) or lemon-like. What are people's experiences 
>out there? Is it worth growing as a lemon substitute? Does the fruit 
>mature in sone 5? Does anyone have experience with any of the other 
>winter-hardy hybrids out there?
>

Jim Nottke
Zone 7a
west of Winston-Salem

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