This is one of few cultivars of Citrus that I want to try to grow from seed that I don't have right now. I'm sure there wil be others, but my chances of actually getting a mature Chinottos (Myrtle leaf) tree out here in AZ are slim. I'm curious when they ripen so I can beg anyone here for some seed at the proper time. Thanks.

Sorry I just saw you post. My Chinotto orange trees sets blooms in late Jan and little fruit cover the tree by the middle of March. The fruit doesn't rippen until around Christmas. It is a very ornamental tree around here with all the orange fruit and the dense leaves. I live in South Florida. This is the same pattern in Italy.

Ken

Mine ripen in north central Florida (Gainesville) in January. My tree was a seedling, now about 8 years old. This is the first year it has had fruits.

Great thanks for the responses, Eight years huh? I still want one.

You probably already know this ....


There are several types in the Chinotto group. There is the large
leaf which is usually seen here in the US. It is the myrtifolia. There is
also a Chinotto buxifolia with small leaves like a boxwood. I know of one type called dwarf chinotto o Chinotto piccolo. There is also a crinkle-leaved chinotto called Chinotto crispifolia. And of course, there are variegated form. There are other forms also. But these are the main ones.

I lost my Chinotto piccolo but still have a regular C. aurantium var. myrtifolia. It is beautiful tree with its dense, compact foliage and
abundant fruit. The leaf miners don't seem to bother my chinotto
but do attack my calamondin and key lime trees. I don't know
if the thickness of the leaves or how tough the leaves are when they harden off has anything to do with the leaf miners
avoiding it.

Nice to see there are so many Chinottofiles in this forum.

Ken

It is the middle of Sept and my chinotto oranges are beginning to show color.
It is earlier than in the past. I should have ripe fruit by Nov this year. I look at the fruit showing signs of ripening and think that fall is soon upon us. I am tired of the heat. The fruit on my Hong Kong Kumquats show no color change at all yet.

Shohinken

My Chinotto makes flower and fruits all the year round. It is kept inside for the winter.

Hi, Sylvain my chinotto is in green house for winter, it is in flowers and fruits all year, but if you let inside for winter,what is the temperature of the room, please.

It is an unheated veranda. It behaves like greenhouse. Very cold at night and very hot in the day. Some nights it freezes inside.

My variegated Chinotto is blooming now for the first time.