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In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

  
  Culinary Skills - Fruits - citrus -limequat
Originating in China, the limequat is cultivated in Japan, Israel, Spain, and Malaysia.
In the United States, the limequat is grown in Florida and California.
Limequat are rich in vitamin C. Eating five daily servings of fruits and vegetables lowers the chances of cancer.
commhum.mccneb.edu /fstdatabase/HTM_files/Fruit/limequat.htm   (466 words)

  
  Limequat:
The limequat is a citrus tree and the result of a cross between the lime and the kumquat.
The limequat produces an abundance of fruit even at a young age.
Limequats can be grown indoors or outdoors providing the temperature stays between 10°C to 30°C. They are fairly small and can be planted in containers or pots.
www.winelib.com /wiki/Limequat   (241 words)

  
 Limequat
After years of pilot projects and limequat government has developed a new results-oriented approach, and is encouraging input from all interests before putting new regulations into law.
It also ensures that clients receive continual communication on their projects, and limequat the team is available to their clients whenever desired.
Anytime limequat is not held accountable for the results of their actions, disaster is the result.
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 Madleksikon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Limequat er en krydsning mellem kumquat og lime.
Limequats er gul-grønne eller grønne frugter, der er på størrelse med kumquats og smager som lime.
Limequats opbevares bedst ved 10°C og 90 % relativ fugtighed, hvor de kan holde sig i 3-5 uger.
www.vom.dk /vismad2.asp?id=114   (138 words)

  
 Additional Information about this plant...
A hybrid cross between a Mexican lime and a kumquat developed in 1909 by Dr. Swingle, the limequat has a shape like a kumquat and a flavor similar to the Mexican Lime.
Limequats are more hardy than lime trees however and are one of the easiest of the citr
The best way to check the health of your limequat is to look at the leaves.
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 Incredible Edibles
Limequat is almost everbearing with heavy crops of oval lemon coloured fruit.
The flesh is juicy and acidic and high in Vitamin C. Limequat is self-fertile.
To ensure successful fruiting of the Citrus Limequat plant in a well drained fertile soil.
www.edible.co.nz /varieties/lime.htm   (248 words)

  
 P1779 Fruit and Nut Review: Citrus and Kiwifruit
The kumquat is closely related and has been used in breeding programs to produce the limequat, orangequat, and citrangequat.
A hybrid between lime and kumquat (limequat) is more cold hardy and may be grown outdoors along the Gulf Coast.
Limequats are similar in appearance and can be used in the same way as limes.
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 Specialty Produce - Main
A rather cute tiny oval fruit, the shiny limequat wears a thin sweet-tasting skin that encases a bittersweet flesh inhabited with small edible seeds.
Eustis and Lakeland are similar in color to the Mexican lime while the Tavares limequat is orangish in color.
Sometimes grown in central Florida as dooryard trees, limequats are favored in California as potted ornamentals.
www.specialtyproduce.com /spNetwork.ASP?Item=9062&WCI=Frameset&WCE=Main   (245 words)

  
 Melissa's Produce, Fruit & Vegetable Information  - Limequat
Melissa’s Limequats are a cross between a kumquat and a lime.
Although the Melissa’s Limequat can be served fresh and mixed in salads, it is more commonly cooked and used in syrups and preserves.
However, limequats are usually found candied, pickled whole, or in marmalades and preserves.
www.melissas.com /catalog/index.cfm?info=Yes&Cat_ID=50&Sub_Cat_ID=100&Cat_Name=Fruits&Sub_Cat_Name=Citrus&product_ID=3319   (214 words)

  
 Subtrop Overview
1) found it to be triploid, with 27 chromosomes in the somatic cells (18 supplied by the male parent, the Hongkong wild kumquat, and 9 by the limequat).
The Limequat fruits have from 6 to 9 segments, as might be expected from a hybrid of the round kumquat (with 4-7 segments) with the Mexican lime (with 10-12 segments.).
The procimequat is in reality intermediate between a true bigeneric back-cross and a trigeneric hybrid, because Fortunella Hindisii belongs to a subgenus, Protocitrus, with many important taxonomic characters separating it from the true Fortunella species placed in the subgenus Eufortunella.
lib.ucr.edu /agnic/procimequats.html   (285 words)

  
 LIMEQUAT FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The limequat is the result of a cross between the lime and the kumquat.
There are three different breeds of this fruit, Lakeland, Eustis, and Tavares, Eustis being the commonest.
Limequats can be grown indoors or outdoors providing the temperature stays between 10oc-30oc.
www.bellabuds.com /Limequat   (228 words)

  
 Looking for a Eustis limequat - Citrus Forum - GardenWeb
There are any number of places that sell limequats, but either they don't list the variety name at all (if they even know what they have) or it's not the Eustis variety.
The peeling of my limequats are good to eat, sort of like you can eat the peeling of calamondins and kumquats.
In researching all of this it seems the Eustis has the best cold resistance of the limequats so I'm interested in finding one so that I can plant it in the yard rather than having to keep them in pots the way I must with my two real Key limes and the mystery limequat.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/citrus/msg011029266115.html   (782 words)

  
 Talk about good timing … citrus that grow their own ornaments Sunset - Find Articles
The most familiar member of this group of citrus and citrus relatives is the kumquat (Fortunella)--valued for centuries in China and Japan as holiday decorations and for its fruit.
In mild-winter areas of the West, all produce a profusion of fragrant flowers and attractive fruit that colors from early to late winter, depending on the weather.
Juices from Rangpur and limequat are tasty substitutes for lime juice.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n6_v179/ai_6144505   (766 words)

  
 Limequat   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Die Limequat ist eine Kreuzung aus Limette und Kumquat.
Die Schale von Limequats ist essbar; da die Früchte unbehandelt sind, kann man sie auch unbesorgt mitessen.
Limequats eignen sich aber nicht nur zum Frischverzehr, auch zum Verfeinern von Fleisch- und Fischgerichten finden sie Verwendung.
www.atlanta.de /Sites/Deutsch/fruechte/lexikon/liste_l/limquat/limquat.html   (134 words)

  
 'Lakeland' Limequat   Jene's Tropical Fruits
Limequat is a cross between a Key lime and a Kumquat.
The variety we offer is "Lakeland." While commercially, the Limequat has little importance, they are quite popular as a dooryard tree and in a container as they produce fruit year-round.
All content on tropicalfruit.com are reserved by Jene's Tropical Fruit.
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 detail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
These three ornamental hybrids are a result of a breeding program sponsored by the USDA, to breed the cold hardiness of the kumquat into the other plants.
The limequat is a key lime crossed with a kumquat; a good lime substitute and more cold hardy than its lime parent.
The orangequat is a cross between the Meiwa kumquat and the Satsuma mandarin and produces a tasty kumquat-like fruit.
userwww.sfsu.edu /~iqrunner/rfs/details/limequat.htm   (115 words)

  
 Limequat (limequat eustis)
It is an easy to maintain small lime tree requiring less heat than other lime varieties.
The Limequat is a small tree with an open habit and heavy crops of small, oval, light colored yellow fruit.
The flesh is juicy and acidic and has the same aromatic flavor as the lime with about 8 seeds per fruit.
www.gifts-911.com /bonsai/Limequat.html   (115 words)

  
 I want a Limequat
I have a Limequat and a Key lime.
The main difference is the Eustis Limequat produces here in our climate and the rine is thin and edible (like a Kumquat).
I've recently acquired a limequat and am wondering if it's normal for the plant to drop its flowers.
www.cloudforest.com /northwest/forum/1730.html   (1108 words)

  
 Limequat
Grown on trees, this small, oval, and greenish fruit has a sweet tasting skin and a bitter sweet pulp with edible seeds.
Eaten like an apple, limequat has considerable vitamin C. The limequat produces an abundance of fruit at a young age.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/li/Limequat.htm   (177 words)

  
 Park Seed: Citrus Lime - A limequat tree that produces Key Lime-like fruit year-round and is compact enough for ...
Park Seed: Citrus Lime - A limequat tree that produces Key Lime-like fruit year-round and is compact enough for containers.
Compact enough for containers, this tree is a cross between a Kumquat and a Key Lime.
It reaches 10 feet high and wide, or may be pruned to much smaller, depending upon the available space.
www.parkseed.com /webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=49541   (366 words)

  
 limequat - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
Thewordbook is a comprehensive encyclopedia and a reference search engine, in which you have found this entry about limequat.
TheWordbook.com is your reference book and invites you to quarry.
Translation - whether it means now or is called meant.
www.thewordbook.com /limequat   (318 words)

  
 Ever hear of a Limequat? - Citrus Forum: Citrus Trees   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A rather cute tiny oval fruit, the shiny greenish-yellow limequat wears a thin sweet-tasting skin.
This dainty pretty little fruit is a result of crossing a lime with a hardy kumquat.
Limequat are rich in vitamin C, I heard that eating five daily servings of fruits and vegetables lowers the chances of cancer.....
www.citrustreeforum.com /citrustrees/showthread.php?p=281#post281   (755 words)

  
 Uncommon Citrus - page1
There are three varieties of Limequat, resulting from different crosses between Citrus aurantifolia and Fortunella.
The Tavares fruit is a strong yellow colour when ripe, whereas Eustis often ripens patchily with pale yellow and green areas.
The flowers are very similar to F. hindsii, but the leaves are remarkably elliptical in shape, and with a distinctive notch at the tip.
www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk /citrusvarieties/uncommon1.html   (313 words)

  
 Coosemans Worldwide - Specialty Produce
Virtually identical to the kumquat in appearance, the limequat has a very sharp, lime flavor.
The skin may be a light green, or a lemon-yellow with green hazing.
Enjoy limequats halved in fruit salads or kabob them with your favorite fish
www.coosemans.com /prod053.htm   (41 words)

  
 Plant Disease - October 2004 Abstracts   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lesion number per inoculation site is sufficient for assessment of resistance of citrus genotypes to ACC without the necessity of conducting bacterial population assays.
‘Lakeland’ limequat is a promising seed parent for breeding acid citrus fruit that is resistant to ACC.
Total tuber yield at harvest did not differ significantly among the phosphorous acid treatments and the nontreated control at Othello and Mount Vernon in 2001 and 2002.
www.apsnet.org /pd/abstracts/2004/doc04ab.htm   (4461 words)

  
 Limequat
Ce limequat est le résultat d'un croisement entre un lime et un kumquat.
Le Limequat peut résister à des températures jusqu'à -6°C. Vous pouvez donc le cultiver en pleine terre en région méditerranéenne (protégez-le si les températures déscendent fortement) et en pot dans le reste de la France en prenant soin de l'hiverner dans une veranda ou une pièce lumineuse non chauffée.
Pour une bonne croissance, une terre légère et non calcaire avec arrosage hebdomadaire est fortement conseillée.
www.plantes-et-jardins.com /catalogue/catalogue4.asp?id_variations=10493&w1=3162   (308 words)

  
 Fall Menus | www.azstarnet.com ®
The figs will be a succulent ingredient for dessert and other dishes — as long as he triumphs over the birds, which also deem these delicate delights fine fare.
The unusual fruit from the limequat trees on the property will also figure in the Gold Room's fall menu.
West describes the limequat as a cross between a Mexican lime and a kumquat with a sweet and oily edible rind and a tart-tasting pulp.
www.azstarnet.com /accent/147333.php   (1325 words)

  
 A visit to the farmers market in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Feb. 25, 2006
As always at this market, there were also a dozen or so musicians playing for spare change among the displays of produce.
One fruit I've never tried before, which I picked up today, is the limequat, one of many hybrids derived from kumquats.
A quick Internet search led me to an article about the fruit, which reveals that it's half-siblings include lemonquats, mandarinquats, citrangequats, and the calamondin.
www.seasonalchef.com /marketreport022506.htm   (903 words)

  
 Clifton’s Nursery citrus trees, perennials, blooming shrubs, tropical plants, vines, growing indoors, gifts   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The limequat is a cool climate lime which is a hybrid between West Indian lime and a Kumquat.
A very attractive evergreen, growing to about 10 feet tall or clipped shorter.
There are many uses for this lime substitute.
www.buyplantsonline.com /shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=C035   (127 words)

  
 Limequat Bonsai Tree(limequat eustis)
It is an easy to maintain small lime tree requiring less heat than other lime varieties.
The Limequat is a small tree with an open habit and heavy crops of small, oval, light colored yellow fruit.
The flesh is juicy and acidic and has the same aromatic flavor as the lime with about 8 seeds per fruit.
www.bonsaiboy.com /catalog/product748.html   (138 words)

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