Monday, November 24, 2014

Mystery Solved

Update to the citrus tree discovery:

We have gotten about a dozen tangerines from our new tree and they are delicious!  From everything I have read, the first crop on a new tree is small and sometimes kind of sour.  Ours is a small crop at high branches on the tree, but they are flavorful.

To be honest, I have to say I am very glad the seeds turned out to be tangerines and not mango, papaya or some other citrus.

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The mystery citrus tree we have in the backyard is.....

a TANGERINE tree!

Too high to get a good picture but we can see that the fruit that is turning orange is also flattening out and taking the unique shape of a tangerine.

I am doing a happy dance as the tangerine is my favorite citrus fruit.

Just hoping the taste is good.....

1 comment:

  1. Hi Sherri! I rejoined WW recently & looked you up - saw the link to your blog here. hope you enjoy your tangerine tree - nothing tastes as sweet as home-grown fruit! We have a dwarf pear tree that finally produced pears this year - dozens of lovely golden sweet pears! I enjoyed every one of them (and shared a few with the rabbits & the dogs) Love your slide show of paintings - so pretty!
    Pat

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