03-16-2012, 10:11 PM
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Re: Seeds for Quất, possibly the most attractive and hardy citrus…
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Originally Posted by RobG7aChattTN
This is possibly the most cold hardy, edible citrus:
And it survived -5F (briefly) in Oklahoma City. It got damage, but is now growing happily in Chattanooga, TN at my house. It has no trifoliate taste. It basically tastes just like a kumquat. It was breed by Don Moorehead in Oklahoma City. He has had many other citrus hybrids survive but the fruits always have had at least some trifoliate flavor until this one.
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Sorry, I forgot to include a link to this website:
Fortunella japonica (Thunberg) Swingle. Tắc, Hạnh, Quất, Rutaceae. HỠCam Quýt - a set on Flickr
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They are much hardier than other citrus plants such as oranges. The 'Nagami' kumquat requires
a hot summer, ranging from 25 °C to 38 °C (77 ° to 100 °F), but can withstand frost down
to about −10 °C (14.0 °F) without injury. They grow in the tea hills of Hunan, China, where
the climate is too cold for other citrus fruits, even the Mikan (also known as the Satsuma) orange.
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You have to scroll down past the Vietnamese language portion, to get to the (presumably)
same write-up in English
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