>When the skin is all orange and the fruit feels slightly soft to the touch >they're ripe. You eat them skin and all and it's great fun to see how far you >can spit the seeds. B-) The round kumquats are sweet and the oblong ones are >tart. I like them both. I have made marmalade with them and it was right >tasty. Thanks George! I now know what to look for. Kari Kari Whittenberger-Keith kariwk@oregon.uoregon.edu Managing Editor, Old House Chronicle http://www.oldhousechronicle.com