Re: [gardeners] Re: Kumquats

TAREE9595@aol.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 03:19:21 EDT

In a message dated 10/16/98 10:39:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, inanda@mag-
net.com writes:

> Are kumquats the same as loquats?  Small Orange fruit with a very large 
>  bright brown pip.  Trees have very large shiny leaves rather like 
>  Rhodies?
>  Ginny in Prince George BC
>  


No Ginny.....Its more like a shrub that produces tiny oranges that are shaped
like eggs. Only the Nagame has an edible peel and it is like candy. The inside
is pretty much like a sour lemon on all of them.

Taree (CA.....Landscape Contractor)