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joefrank
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Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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Location: Santa Fe, NM USA
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Tue 25 Mar, 2008 1:13 am |
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Yes, I do. Very vigorous tree, east to grow. Presently, I have over one hundred varieties of citrus trees. My Sour Orange tree is my #1 MOST PRIZED TREE, as it is the son, of the 808 year old Sour Orange tree planted by by Saint Dominic (founder of the Dominican Order), in the year 1200 at the Catholic Convent of Saint Sybil in Rome, Italy. You can see the Saint Dominic tree, which is still alive and well, on the Internet. I was EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to obtain some seeds from a Catholic Nun, several years back. - Millet |
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joefrank
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Location: Santa Fe, NM USA
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JoeReal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 4726
Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Tue 25 Mar, 2008 1:35 pm |
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| Millet wrote: | | Yes, I do. Very vigorous tree, east to grow. Presently, I have over one hundred varieties of citrus trees. My Sour Orange tree is my #1 MOST PRIZED TREE, as it is the son, of the 808 year old Sour Orange tree planted by by Saint Dominic (founder of the Dominican Order), in the year 1200 at the Catholic Convent of Saint Sybil in Rome, Italy. You can see the Saint Dominic tree, which is still alive and well, on the Internet. I was EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to obtain some seeds from a Catholic Nun, several years back. - Millet |
I'd gladly settle for just the grandson Millet! Awesome history you've got. |
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Steve
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Joined: 10 Sep 2007
Posts: 253
Location: Southern Germany
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| Posted: Mon 31 Mar, 2008 6:05 pm |
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| joefrank wrote: | ....I ordered a Seville Orange and a Calamodian Orange Tree......What kind do you recommend especially for indoors , I live in Santa Fe , NM and we do get bitter winter..........
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If it dosn't freeze indoors, both will do well, but the Seville Orange will outbeat Calamondin in size and vigour. It will get very large. Calamondin will stay more small, and will do often much better indoors.
If you have warm indoors, simple get a mexican lime, because that's a plant which has a large potential as indoor, even windowsill plant.
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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 31 Mar, 2008 7:51 pm |
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JoeFrank a lot depends on if you wish to grow a citrus variety that has a good sweet taste, or a sour variety such as a lemon, calamondin, sour orange, or a non-eatable variety like B. Hand, or Etrog. If you want a sweet variety any satsuma or mandarin would do well in your area. On the other hand sour orange makes great marmalade. - Millet |
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