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Re: Edible street trees...what would you plant?

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Meg Vivers wrote:

> In Athens they have orange trees as street trees.
> 
> Meg

Just for the record, those orange trees are a very sour type,
(Calmondin?).  They are as sour as a lemon; the peel is very loose like
that of a satsuma but with more loose pith inside; the sections are about
half the bulk of the fruit.  It's great for putting in tea; and you can
make a really nice orangeade-like drink from them.  Most of the Greeks
ignore them, save for some people who make a sweet out of the peel of
those, as well as that of another one with a much thicker peel and more
pithy interior.  Maybe that one is Seville orange?  They are both called
"nerantzi" in Greek.  My Iranian friends in Athens used to sneak out at
night and get the fruits for squeezing into tea; they would also make
preserves/jam out of the blossoms themselves.  It's pretty tedious work; 
each blossom has to have the green stem end cut off, but the result is
pretty amazing.  You can also dry the flowers and put a couple into
brewing tea. 

Bob
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