All Things Cold Hardy Citrus, news, thoughts and evaluations

Cold hardy Citrus refers to the pipe dream of crossing Trifoliate Poncitus with any other relation and develop a fruit to grow in temperate zones as cold as Zone 6.

This is a Trifoliate growing at my neighbor in Washington DC

This is the fruit from that tree IMG_20191109_230646401
What does that fruit taste like?
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Don’t get me wrong the fruit is very redeemable. After picking if you let them sit on the counter for a week or two they will develop a bit of juiceable pulp. The flavor will mellow and 1 fruit as an addition to a pitcher of lemon aid will give you a flavor quite similar to Filipino Calamasi Orange Calamansi - Wikipedia

So crossing a Zone 5 Trifoliate with a Zone 9 is bound to get you a Zone 8 fruit right. No the cold hardness is lost in 1 or 2 generations and the Pine flavor never goes away. Lay sigh and whoo. Cold Hardy Citrus is a pipe dream a red mercury and anyone that tells you otherwise is a fool.

This is my Cold hardy Citrumelo I purchased from Logee’s IMG_20191109_230723190
As you can see from the photo that is clearly not doctored or anything and if of course using a person with normal size not very small hands. Citrumelo clearly displays its Trifoliate heritage and will absolutly grow in Zone 7
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What do you mean the Kool-Aid is ready. Kool-Aid always gets a bad rep it was actualy Flavor-aid those cheep bastards.

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