Citrumelo looking festive

[WSimpson]

Hundreds of fruit this year . It really look good when it's cloudy outside because the bright yellow  fruit contrasts really well when it's less sunny . I'll add a cloudy picture when the weather permits . Zoom in to see that it is loaded   :

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A closer look :

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Edited October 19, 2020 by Will Simpson

[WSimpson]

Added this bad picture quality picture  that was taken early in the morning when the fruit is easier to see due to less sun on the plant . . 

 

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[Fusca]

2 hours ago, Will Simpson said:

Added this bad picture quality picture  that was taken early in the morning when the fruit is easier to see due to less sun on the plant . . 

Nice!  Not familiar with this citrus but looks like a winner for zone 8.  Is the fruit any good?  I'm getting my first Orlando tangelo and Myer's lemon soon.  I planted a Rio Red grapefruit this spring so perhaps some fruit from it next year.

[amh]

Good looking tree, what do you do with the fruit?

[WSimpson]

1 hour ago, Fusca said:

Nice!  Not familiar with this citrus but looks like a winner for zone 8.  Is the fruit any good?  I'm getting my first Orlando tangelo and Myer's lemon soon.  I planted a Rio Red grapefruit this spring so perhaps some fruit from it next year.

The fruit is pretty bitter but maybe with a little sugar added it might taste OK ? It is a combination of Poncirus trifoliata  and a grape fruit , with  hardiness at least  4F which is the lowest it has seen here since I planted it . 

[WSimpson]

1 hour ago, amh said:

Good looking tree, what do you do with the fruit?

I always try and juice some of the fruit ,  but I found the person  who sold me the plant as a small tree  and he wants the seed from all the fruit . He sells palms at a Charlotte farmer's market and told me that if I gave him the fruit I could pick out a plant from some of the plants he's selling at the  farmer's market .

Maybe I'll take a trip down to Charlotte ?

[amh]

27 minutes ago, Will Simpson said:

The fruit is pretty bitter but maybe with a little sugar added it might taste OK ? It is a combination of Poncirus trifoliata  and a grape fruit , with  hardiness at least  4F which is the lowest it has seen here since I planted it . 

Might work with gin.

In my opinion Poncirus Trifoliata has a pleasant but sour taste, I've not noticed the bitterness in the juice.

[amh]

26 minutes ago, Will Simpson said:

I always try and juice some of the fruit ,  but I found the person  who sold me the plant as a small tree  and he wants the seed from all the fruit . He sells palms at a Charlotte farmer's market and told me that if I gave him the fruit I could pick out a plant from some of the plants he's selling at the  farmer's market .

Maybe I'll take a trip down to Charlotte ?

He's probably using them for root stock.

Trading the seed for a palm sounds like a good deal.

[WSimpson]

I've got small trees underneath the tree that I might dig and pot some up .

Will