Re: Chilly

Two kumquat trees here, Chris. Both were originally purchased as pre-decorated Christmas trees--they're loaded with bright orange fruit December through March--then later planted out. There are two main varieties, Nagami and Meiwa. Nagami fruits are football shaped and great eaten out of hand, skin and all. Both of our trees are Nagami. Meiwa fruits are round, sour beyond belief, and good only when candied or made into marmalade. Asian grocery stores usually have candied kumquats in bulk; they may be either variety, depending on the source.

On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

Well, we're heading into the deep freeze again, worse for those of
you to the north of me. Heard that the hurricane prediction folks are
saying that if we thought 2005 was bad, wait until the 2006 season
starts. Wonder whether "el nina" bodes wet or dry for the midwest...
By the way, the lemon seeds arrived yesterday, Jim, and in good
condition. Will wait until I get back from the west coast (a week
from Sunday) to plant them.

Sounds like I need to rearrange the plastic sheeting on the makeshift
coldframes tomorrow.  Whee!

Speaking of lemon seeds, anyone here grow kumquats?  I've been munching
on a bunch that I bought at the grocery store and love them.

Chris

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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