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Originally Posted by chong
Aw, geez . . . . I'm a thousand miles away. I would love to get some citrus nobilis scionwood. But it's too far to drive for me. Wish I could be there.
Joe, do you know who in your circle of "citrus friends" might have that citrus variety? Or, since you have 50-in-1 tree, might one of the 50 be a c. nobilis?
Thanks,
Chong
(For those that might be curious what this citrus is, it is a very sweet orange, native to the Philippines, which the skin remains green or light green even when ripe. It is a true orange [no pun intended, the name of the orange soda pop in the Philippines is "Tru-Orange". The juice in this drink comes from the citrus nobilis.])
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chong, you are just about 900 miles away, at least last time I drove up I-5. We drive up to BC every now and then and have some relatives there too at
oyster bay, Wa.
I don't have that variety nor any circle of friends that I know. For sure University of California, Riverside down there in the Southern Ca, have it in their citrus germplasm. I buy most budwoods from UCR through the CCPP budwood program. The C. nobilis is a synonym of something else, so it may not be unique to the Philippines, just can't recall at the moment, but then again maybe you're right.
One thing for sure, it will be technically classed as mandarins, if I were to search the germplasm. And I am sure that it's skin will become orange here in California when it ripens. The dramatic difference between night and day and mostly the cool nights even during the summer, California's citruses have the deepest coloration of oranges and brightest colored lemons too. We have well formed blood orange pigmentation in the inland valley. Our calamondins will easily turn orange color. I have discussed this type of coloration in various postings at the citus forum (
http://ww.citrus.forumup.org )
The
January scionwood exchange are mostly for temperate crops as listed. No citrus no avocadoes and other tropicals.
But come sometime in March, there is a guy who owns a 275-citrus collection on his 1000 acre farm, and sometimes he opens to members of CRFG, but I can sneak you in. He is generous in giving away citrus budwoods. As far as I can recall, C. nobilis is not there. I find various Australian citruses in his farm. Mostly you can taste the fruits.
And then come April, that's the time when we exchange citrus and avocado budwoods and other tropicals like banana pups.