Gonna place an order for budwood from California and I wanted to know everyones opinions.
I know different citrus does different In diff areas, I just want to try new varieties.
Our budwood center orders budwood from California so it gets easier fir me to get budwood
thx in advance
David

My favorite --that I have eaten--is Nules Clementine. But I have eaten Nules from Spain, Morocco, So Africa, and Chile. The ones from Spain are consistiently better than any others.

Of the 2 dozen or so varieties I have, the top 4 would be Daisy, Ponkan, Page and Murcott. Daisy was the best tasting last yr, but it does have some drawbacks--there was lots of splitting due to our heavy rain and the peel is a little tight. Page and Ponkan are a toss-up.

The Texas budwood bureau has 40 or 50 varieties from California already and a lot cheaper than $40 per variety. Do you have the Texas list? You might also talk to John Watson as they also have some not on the list. John sent me Duncan grapefruit not on the list. Duncan is the best tasting grapefruit by far IMHO but full of seeds.

I've imported giant key lime, bream tarocco blood orange, cocktail grapefruit, and pomona sweet lemon. I may get Marsh grapefruit if I can't find budwood somewhere else. Marsh is a seedless selection of Duncan.

Thx mr tex , and yes I have that bud wood list. I guess I need to ask him for some varieties other than the ones listed.
So is duncan better than rio red? How about those other varieties you got any good?

My Duncan tree isn't big enough to bear yet. I bought some Duncan fruit in Florida one year. It is better tasting by far IMHO than Rio Red, seeds though. I juice all grapefruit so I don't mind seeds. I'll have some Pomona sweet lemons to try this year. The others, next year. Cocktail grapefruit hybrid is excellent, seeds though. I used to have a couple trees in pots and liked the fruit. I topworked a mature tree to one branch Cocktail, one hirado buntan pummelo, and the other Chandler pummelo. I didn't have much luck with tarocco blood orange though as they are too late for SE Texas but I ordered the Bream selection before my first crop! I've also managed to get budwood for Xie Shan satsuma and miyagawa satsuma both of which came from CCPP.

I would go along with Mr.Texas, and cast my vote for Duncan as the best tasting grapefruit variety. If you want a sweet citrus variety, Xie Shan mandarin is among the sweetest citrus of them all. Xie Shan's sugar to acid ratio can reach 27:1. Bonnie (Buddinman) first introduced me to Xie Shan, my wife loves them. - Millet (961-)

For a little different direction, I would try the Meiwa Kumquat. Buddinman sent me some fruits two years ago, and I was wowed by the fruit! I have yet to see a meiwa sold around here, and cannot find any (reputable) online right now. I would love to try to graft some on one of my trees, but am not very experienced in grafting yet (a few apple grafts is all). I have one seedling left that I started from the fruit, but it has not yet had its first flush this spring, so I am a bit concerned.

Barbara

The Meiwa kumquat fruit from my plant are dry and not very good. Is this normal? The flavor is not very sweet either.

My favorite citrus is Meyer lemon. I love the tart flavor and the fruit can be used to make so many delicious treats like lemon bars, lemonaide, margaritas, lemon pie, season meat etc. I averaged about one cup of meyer lemon juice from just two fruit! I froze 100 cups of the juice extracted from only about 200 fruit! It is very hard to peel and eat out of hand though.

I have only had it once. Bonnie sent me a small box a couple of years ago when I wanted to try growing it from seed. They were amazing! I rolled them on the counter for a few seconds to release the juices, and bit into the fruit, peel and all. The peel is sweet and the flesh slightly tart. All combined, a delicious combination of flavors. I am usually quite generous with my children when it comes to sharing and trying new foods, and I was very stingy with these. They were that good! Unfortunately, I only have one seedling that has survived, and it is not doing well. I may not get one to fruiting age on my own.

Barbara

Mr. Texas are you still looking for Marsh Seedless?

http://www.bigtextrees.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306:grapefruit-trees&catid=107:citrus-and-fruit-trees&Itemid=486

My favs right now are Cara Cara and W Murcott. A good Cara Cara is hard to beat. I like Moro and hope to have try Arizona grown Page someday.