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  • From: Kevin Topek <ktopek@att.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Citrus and cold
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:49:48 -0600

Patrick,

I have used the fruits of Flying Dragon. They are small and oily. It makes a good juice for all your lemon juice needs. It also mixes well with alcohol, especially vodka. That actually may be it's best use! We also use it as a thorny fence. The old orchard near my house had it in abundance as a fence/hedgerow to discourage fruit & nut scavengers.

Kevin Topek

On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Patrick wrote:

Have any of you used/processed fruit from flying dragon? Is it worthwhile? It seems like the most cold hearty of the bunch (zone 6).

http://www.crfg.org/fg/icrfsn.html <- Indoor Citrus & Rare fruit Society Newsletters

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1881527700/californirarefru <- Movable Harvests

Patrick O'Connor
Oakland, CA
http://delicious.com/phoconnor

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:38:59 -0600
From: Kevin Topek <ktopek@att.net>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Citrus and cold
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Lawrence,

The Kumquats are naturally short. I do not usually plant dwarfing
varieties. You can probably grow most citrus in a greenhouse as long
as you keep it pruned away from the roof and it gets sufficient air
flow in the summer. I am currently trying out some new lemon
varieties. We'll see if they made it after this bout of cold recedes.

Kevin Topek

On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

Kevin Topek wrote:

citrus' grafted onto Trifoliata and Flying Dragon rootstock. Citrus
varieties that do well here are: Improved Meyer Lemon, Satsumas,
Honey
Mandarin, Kumquats, Grapefruits, Pomelo, Hand of the Buddha, some
Oranges (esp Republic of Texas), Calamondin (Phillppine Orange) and
Mexican Thornless Lime.

These sound like wonderful citrus varieties, ones I would like to grow
here in NC, maybe in a greenhouse. Are any of these you've listed
dwarf
or full sized trees, Kevin? Calmondin, Ponderosa Lemon and Meyer Lemon
do fine here, with winter protection. I have a dwarf Meyer in huge
pot,
indors now; my Grandfather grew a ponderosa lemon in a tub in
Pittsboro
(one of these huge lemons were enough for a whole pie) and my Mother
grew calmondins in her ground floor laundry room for years; they were
delicious (skins are sweet, rest is sour, what a lemonade that would
make).
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