Has anyone tried the citrumelo cultivar that Logee's and One Green World sells? How tasty is it? Any idea what the cultivar name might be? In Logee's book "Growing Tasty Tropical Plants" they mentioned that they originally got their's from an unheated greenhouse in Newport, RI.

If I was going to grow something like this in an unheated greenhouse would I do just as well with a Bloomsweet Grapefruit...seems like some of the grapefruit cultivars are pretty hardy and are probably better tasting than citrumelos? Or maybe an "Aunt Queenie" (are they available here) http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/chelsea.htm

The taste quality of a Citrumelo all depends which variety of Citrumelo you purchase. The common and easily located Swingle Citrumelo, taste like a bitter grapefruit, with the rather strong off flavor from its Trifoliate orange parentage. The vast majority of people would say that the over all quality is quite poor. The Dunstan Citrumelo, which is NOT an easy tree to locate, taste "better", especially if you apply sugar, or an artificial sweetener. I did not go to Logee's web site to verify the tree size of Citrumelos that they are currently offering for sale, but generally plants from Logee are VERY small, many times as small as 2 inch containers. As for the taste, any regular grapefruit would have a MUCH better quality and a much better taste. - Millet (708-)

I bought a Meyer Lemon from Logee's and it was about 8 inches tall with 12 leaves, and it was 15 dollars plus shipping. Compare that to the Meyer I got from a local plant store that was 15.95, had a full trunk with branches and nearly a hundred leaves. I now only shop Logee's for the hard to find items, like my orange jasmine.

Always ask vendor to show you the plant he is offering you to sell. Otherwise you are buying a cat in the bag. I see no reason for a vendor not to show you the product he want to sell.

Citrumelo will never taste good. It doesn't matter what variety you get, it will not taste like a commercial variety you are used to. Hardiness depends on your location, some very cold winter my Citrumelo's will defoliate here in SC.

As for buying plants... The nice thing about citrus is they grow very fast and you will have a nice size tree in no time if grown correctly. Meyer is about the easiest citrus to root. I have one I rooted in front of my house. It is 6 years old & 12 ft tall. I just cut it back to about 6 ft.