My Citrumelo today 11/26

[WSimpson]

People  keep stopping by and  wanting to know what this tree is . It will stay loaded till early January when the fruit starts falling off .

Will

I hope the forecast below  pans out .

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1

Edited November 26, 2022 by Will Simpson

[ahosey01]

Are any of the fruit edible?  Can you make like, marmalade with them or something?

[Chester B]

9 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

Are any of the fruit edible?  Can you make like, marmalade with them or something?

It is supposed to be of similar quality to a standard grapefruit, just a little more sour.

I have one too, but its nowhere near that size.

[amh]

11 minutes ago, Chester B said:

It is supposed to be of similar quality to a standard grapefruit, just a little more sour.

I have one too, but its nowhere near that size.

What root stock? If your tree is on a trifoliate orange root stock it may never get taller than you.

[Xenon]

39 minutes ago, Chester B said:

It is supposed to be of similar quality to a standard grapefruit, just a little more sour.

I have one too, but its nowhere near that size.

That sounds extremely generous, I've heard semi-edible at best and I don't think anybody would dare compare it to a ripe grapefruit. The bitter Poncirus taste is hard to breed out. 'Swingle' citrumelo is a somewhat common rootstock for grapefruit and pomelo here. 

[Chester B]

42 minutes ago, amh said:

What root stock? If your tree is on a trifoliate orange root stock it may never get taller than you.

It appears to be grafted but I'll need to double check, most citrus we get around here is grafted on trifoliate.  It's currently about 4 foot.

 

11 minutes ago, Xenon said:

That sounds extremely generous, I've heard semi-edible at best and I don't think anybody would dare compare it to a ripe grapefruit. The bitter Poncirus taste is hard to breed out. 'Swingle' citrumelo is a somewhat common rootstock for grapefruit and pomelo here. 

I've never tried it so I can't say, it's only what I've read.  It is a swingle citrumelo.

[amh]

19 minutes ago, Xenon said:

That sounds extremely generous, I've heard semi-edible at best and I don't think anybody would dare compare it to a ripe grapefruit. The bitter Poncirus taste is hard to breed out. 'Swingle' citrumelo is a somewhat common rootstock for grapefruit and pomelo here. 

There seems to be contention on the bitterness of Poncirus trifoliata, I have sampled the fruit and found the taste sour, but pleasant, without the bitterness described.  I haven't tried citumelo; just giving my opinion of trifoliate orange as a super taster and would like to know others opinion. I find limes and grapefruit to be more bitter than trifoliate orange.

Edited November 28, 2022 by amh