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Ivannn
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Joined: 14 May 2009
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Location: Bologna, Italy
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 9:58 am |
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Amazing pics!!!  |
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igor.fogarasi
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Joined: 11 Apr 2011
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Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 10:55 am |
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Great job Laaz!  |
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MarcV
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Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 11:43 am |
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WOW! Are you sure that Cara Cara is not photos shopped That color is impressive. Just the sheer volume of fruit you are producing is jaw dropping. Do you sell anything at farmers markets? you should consider it of not. |
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 1:07 pm |
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Cara Cara is a Washington Navel orange mutation (sport). It is seedless. However, just like with a Washing Navel, a seed may be found every now and then. I'l l be picking the last of the Cara Cara's from my tree, if I find a seed you will be welcome to it if you so desire.
A couple days ago eating a BC-1 Satsuma, I found it to contain one seed which is very rarely ever found. - Millet |
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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 1:41 pm |
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Yes, when grown with other citrus they produce seed. In the same vicinity there is yuzu, grapefruit, Panzarella orange, centennial kumquat, limequat, sanbokan, ponkan, meyer lemons & satsumas.
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Sanguinello
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 3:09 pm |
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Just overwhelming Orchard !
Your neighbour is a dumbass, I would steal budwood, not fruits ... |
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MarcV
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Location: Schoten (Antwerp), Belgium
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 3:09 pm |
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So the seeds are not nucellar?
I was wondering if a cara cara was grown from seed, the resulting plant would also produce pink oranges...?
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 3:19 pm |
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My neighbor has a few of his own trees which I gave him.
Marc I haven't tried growing any from seed, as from my experience is that variegated fruit produce mostly albino seedlings.
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Darkman
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a
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| Posted: Mon 03 Dec, 2012 11:16 pm |
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What a delightful looking Dragon!
I must go out a sample my Cara Caras. My daughter told me today that the pink orange was really sweet!
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Mon 18 Mar, 2013 12:25 am |
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Laaz wrote: ..." my experience is that variegated fruit produce mostly albino seedling".
Last night I was reading about experiments by Perlberger and Reichert. In their work they found that pretreatment of citrus seeds with a mercury compound prevented albinism in citrus seedlings. It is thought that the mercury compound affects the enzyme system in the seeds in such a manner that healthy instead of albinistic seedlings are produced. Perhaps (who knows) with a mercury pretreated variegated seed, one could grow a variegated tree. - Millet |
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