In this video, I show you my newest citrus tree (citron) and do a taste test on the first ripe fruit to see what it is like!
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My pleasure Mark. Of the two trees I gave you one was a seedling and the other was a sucker or runner. Your fruit has grown a lot bigger than the ones I have here but similar to the ones still growing at the farm. Mine had more fruit and less pith. They are amazingly tough as the cows do get to graze on them despite the fencing we have added. I'm now retired and made some marmalade myself (OK with Lynn telling me what to do) which was not too bad for a first attempt. (Needed to add Fowlers Jamsetta to get it to set). One citron really perfumes our house when I have picked one. A friend described the taste of the marmalade as "It tastes like it smells." Apparently monks used to use it to perfume their robes. They are related to Budda's Hands fruit apparently.
Only heard of this in VODKA
Hi the fruit you are holding looks like a Jewish etrog. Jews use them for the holiday of sukkot
I'm from Gympie 30+ years now and I have not seen this….but am SO glad you did a video of it. I'll be on the hunt for one now.
harvesting Lemon essential oil might be a great option for fruit that size.
If you're interested in making marmalade there's a sour orange called "Seville". Only the smooth skinned variety seems to be regularly available in Australia, though after searching some forums (daleys) I managed to source some seeds that are claimed to be from the rough skinned variety. They seedlings are still too small to produce fruit, so it will be an interesting to see what happens over the next few years. Might be one to keep an eye out for yourself.
Maybe combine the citron flowers with other citrus that flower at the same time and a brand new Selfsuficentius species may be the result! Love the videos.
Can you explain an Osage. Orange.
citron is usually used for marmalades and candied citrus
Hey Mark! Interesting Citron, but.. the roo! Do they just hop around wild around those parts? Do they steal fruit from your trees? I'd hate to have to fight them for an orange!
I bought a Yuzu tree around Christmas time but I have no idea when to transplant into a bigger pot or into the ground. Any ideas would be much appreciated
Interesting, there was a car with that same name, I wonder if that is the citrus fruit the car was named after lol
Isn't just a citrus mutant? Just a cross between more than one citrus fruit? Lemon and a grapefruit?
Eat the fucking fruit!
Oh my god! I'm never going to watch your channel ever again!
I passed a Citroen on the highway.
It's been a while since I last saw one of your videos.. I realised I have missed them. Anyways, we have a small lime tree here in Dubai.. It lost all of it leaves, probably because of stress. How do we make it thrive and bear fruits again. It is good soil in a pot, and we water it every day. Should I just give it more time and see if it comes back with flowers?
Hey Mark.
Love your videos and they are awesome advice for Aussies here.
Do you know of any other Aussies veggie gardeners to watch and follow?
Also can you please do a run down on an Australian product called Swift Grow.
I'd love to hear any replies from you.
I have a hankering on growing that. I’ll bring it in for the winter of course
I saw that fruit. In Nepal people use that fruit to worship in a festival called " Laxmi Pooja"
that would be really good for pickling in indian Style.