Kumquats anyone?

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I thought I'd eaten kumquats in the past but it seems not because I ordered some recently and I certainly don't recognise the taste. They are totally delicious and manage to combine a perfumed taste with a slightly edgy bitterness. You eat them whole and they look like tiny oval oranges. I think they are spelled 'cumquats' down under.
 
I love them.

I tried growing the oval variety as it’s hardier in the cold & frost but not hardy enough.

There’s a variety of spherical shaped ones too. Taste the same. Seen less often as they aren’t as productive or hardy.
 
My DD had a tree in the backyard of where she used to live. They were very good. Had never had them before her tree produced. I'm afraid to buy them though, that they might not be as good .
 
medtran49 said:
My DD had a tree in the backyard of where she used to live. They were very good. Had never had them before her tree produced. I'm afraid to buy them though, that they might not be as good .
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The ones I bought are imported from Italy. They weren't cheap: £3.50 for 250g. Thats about $4.5 for 8 ounces.
 
Maybe kumquats just aren't good around here because I tried them once, and the taste was 99% bitter with maybe a faint suggestion of citrus.
 
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Ok, I just Googled them. They look kind of pear-shaped, but they kind of resemble oranges also. :whistling:
 
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I love them. so much so, i planted a tree. in three years, I have eaten 7 kumquats from the tree. I have 5 ready this year, so the tally will go up to 12!
 
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