My Swingle took three years from seed to fruit.

hmm 3 years isnt bad
how is the fruit

I dont have any yet...............I do want to try one, but if the fruit dont get close to ripening it might not be worth it

Ummm... You sure the hell don't want to eat it.

you dont want to eat it even ripe?
ok so to put it into perspective, I/we like the ripe thomasville
and can tollerate the full size but not ripe thomassville

My Thomasville is sour, but doesn't have the skunky trifoliata taste. Swingle has a very nasty trifoliata taste & the resin sticks to tour fingers. I couldn't imagine trying to taste it. I guess it's edible in the sense that it won't kill you if you eat it, but do at your own risk!

aaaaaaaaaaa but the dunstan is suppose to taste "good"

thanks btw

Good luck with that. I stick with my satsumas & oranges.

Frank,
Swingle and Dunstan both are citrumelos, but their fruits are not at all similar. I actually kind of like Dunstan...Swingle is really only good for rootstock or maybe breeding.
Laaz, you know we're all jealous up here at what you can grow without protection...we can grow P.t.....maybe Dunstan or citchangsha in the right spot (I have to try that...both can have fairly decent fruit).

thanks Greg

so what is the consense on what size of the house should or would I plant a dunstan?

thanks Frank

3 years from seed to fruit sounds GREAT! How tall was the Citrumelo when it fruited?............I didn't get any flowers on my Dustan this season and it's gotta be at least 3 years old. I did get blooms on a 8" tall, 1 year old grapefruit LOL.

What's better tasting......the swingle citrumelo or citrange 'rusk'? Perhaps I should plant one of the citranges outside now and see how it fairs through our winters (protected).

Frank.........I'd plant the Citrumelo in your warmest location and place a 10,000 btu furnace inside the protection.

hmm ok so in other words it wont make it unprotected?

I'm not sure it would need a 10,000 BTU heater Having said that, pretty much all of the reports of unprotected Citrumelos I've seen are generally in zone 7a or warmer, so I would assume anything other than straight PT of FD would need some protection in zone 5b.

Hi Frank,

your in a colder zone than me......I'm in a zone 6b location.......I think your zone 5b? That's why I think you'll need some sort of supplemental heating.

The only way to find out is to test a couple outside and find out.

Hi Scott,

yes....the furthest north citrumelo on the east coast of the USA (which I know of) is Joe K's which is located in south central New Jersey. We are really pushing the limits up here in Mass.