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["Harrick, Barbara" <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>]

Hi all.  I have several mandarin orange trees in pots (zone 6b) and
bring them in for the winter. They are on alternate bearing schedules. I
have one that has lots of big fruits on it that are just starting to
turn orange (tree is still outside--we haven't gone below mid-40s yet). 

The curious thing is that it flowered and fruited and then flowered
again--while that is not unusual, the second round of flowers also
produced fruit.  The time period was about 1-2 months apart from the
first flower/fruit development.

Obviously I will be bringing the tree in, but am curious if anyone has
had a citrus that has 2 distinct sets of fruit from 2 distinct blooms.
I wonder if the 2nd set will be as large as the first. I would assume
the 2nd set will ripen properly as I have had to bring the tree in other
years when the temps dipped early and the fruit was still green and
ripened inside (fruit was sweet and good.

Thoughts?  Barbara

Barbara Harrick
Senior Technical Editor/Writer
International Launch Services
1875 Explorer Street, Suite 700
Reston, VA 20190
office (571) 633-7430
fax (571) 633-7536

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