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  • From: athagan@atlantic.net
  • To: nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] rootstock under meyers lemon
  • Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:36:47 -0400

There's no fruit in the world worth the amount of effort that it would
take to turn trifoliate orange fruits into something approaching
palatable. {laughing}

The stuff does make a pretty fiercesome hedge though.

.....Alan.

Quoting nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>:

> Trifoliate Orange (Poncirus trifoliata) can grow to a large citrus
> tree. The juvenile spines are thin, but on the mature tree they
> are stout and up to 2.5 inches long. Here it is hardy to 5
> degrees. The fruit is very seedy and the pulp is very tart - with
> much effort, the fruit can be made into marmalade or lemonade.
> They are hard to eradicate once established.
>
> Jim Nottke
> near Winston-Salem, NC Z7
>




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