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[Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com>]

My oldest kumquat is a Meiwa grafted on sour orange or Swingle possibly--planted in late 1983. The Christmas freeze killed it to the ground. But I had buried the graft union 2" or so BELOW ground(which is not recommended by citrus folks). It sprouted back in Spring from below ground and was still Meiwa. Then in the January 1985 freeze of 6 degrees(in North Florida) it was killed to the ground again. Again in Spring it sprouted back from below ground level and it has never been frozen to the ground again.

Had I not went against the advice of experts, my tree would have died in the Christmas 1983 freeze.

Since then I have discovered that Meiwa comes back true enough from seed to plant seedlings of it.

                                                     Richard Harrison, NW FL

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Kumquat seed preservation?
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 5:30 AM

The only thing I can offer is the advice not to let the seeds dry out. Of course, then they may sprout (which, I presume, is not what you want, for now).

I'm a big fan of kumquats. My oldest plant is about 10 years old -- in a pot up here in the Hudson Valley.

Lee Reich, PhD

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On Dec 8, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Richard Moyer wrote:

My parents sent us a box of kumquats they grow in Augusta, GA.  Source is a seedling tree from Lee Sharp.

I'd like to save these seeds, then give them away in early March.

Please share any ideas on cleaning and preserving kumquat seed.

Thanks,

Richard Moyer

Castlewood, VA

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