Nice to see they have added citrus since the hurricanes!!

http://www.leugardens.org/Citrus%20Article-complete.pdf

They would have plenty of back orders by now that the demand for citrus in Florida home growers are up more than 1,500%!!!

Wow there it is, a picture of my varigated Eureka Lemon. That is one of the prettiest trees, I love that plant!

Joe and Joan,

Yeah, Leu Garden's suprised me with their list of selections..many very hardy cultivars represented for zone 9b!!

The variegated Orangequat is also extremely beautiful! I can't remember ever seeing one of those (not even at Cal Citrus State Historic Park).

Keith

This article confirmed my suspicion that the "Centennial Kumquat" was actually an orangequat-type hybrid and not just simply a variegated kumquat. The fruit are much larger than typical kumquats and truely more the size and shape of an orangequat or mandarinquat. I find them much more sour and not as tasty as the Nippon Orangequat, but still a great ornamental.

It is also difficult to graft the orangequat to Calamondin than to a mandarinquat.

Eye, (G)

Interesting to hear that the Centennial is more sour than Nippon. Nippon is one of my favorite hardy citrus (prefer it over Thomasville).

I have a few Nagami fruit persisting on my plant now that are terrifically sweet. This time of year, they rival Meiwa IMO!!

Joe,

There are some very striking, large variegated Calamondin trees at Cal Citrus State Historic Park.

Keith, I need more info on the Cal Citrus State Historic Park. I haven't heard of this, is this in California State or completely different? Thanks

This is the one I know about in California, and is around Riverside where I sometimes go visit:

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=649

The shortened name of Cal might be something else? If Ca is used instead of Cal, then I know it would be California. Cal could be a name of a city in some other state, so forgive me for being to nit-picky.

I should have used the CA abbreviation Joe

That's the place! And a beautiful one at that!!

http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/california/calcitruspark.html

You guys are so lucky to be able to grow what you do there. Ned and Stan are in decent climes for growing citrus in SC, but I'm in the old north state and it's a challenge!

Same here Keith, I'm in the colder North California, about 600 miles up from the Citrus State Historic Park, but not as cold as you get. I need to be keen on microclimate specifics around the yard to make sure I have a good chance of inground citrus growing.

I've seen a good bit of CA. ..Took a field trip that toured some of the Napa vineyards and stopped at a Yolo County tomato production area. CA agriculture is amazing!!

I was somewhat surprised that they grow Satsumas east of Sacramento around Auburn; and, I heard there are a few Macadamia growers up in the thermal belt around Oroville/Paradise.