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yellow flowers are blooming on the top of a plant with blue sky in the background

I saw some fruit along a highway, too large to be persimmons, and too small for apples, growing on a bush, or small tree. I pulled off the road, and a nice man, who worked on the farm belonging to the driveway where I had stopped, came along and opened a gate for me, so I could get close, and get a good angle, and also cut open one of these fruits. They are perhaps 2 inches/6 cm across, and, when cut, look a lot like a cut orange. The rind also is orange like, in surface and thickness, but…

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an orange tree with lots of fruit growing on it

Citrus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' (Flying Dragon Orange Tree, Hardy Orange Tree, Trifoliate Orange) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

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two halves of grapefruit sitting on top of a wooden cutting board

Moro Blood Orange (Citrus sinensis "Moro") Moro is one of the most colorful blood oranges. When there is a repeated variance in temperature (dropping below 40 degrees) the color develop due to increases in anthocyanin compounds. On our local rootstock (trifoliate orange) they will grow to 15 feet. The tree is evergreen and produces in December.

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two halves of a lemon being held by someone's hand next to the fruit

Q: Walking in the woods a few days ago I found a small rangy tree with which I'm not familiar. It has a small yellow fruit about the size of a golf ball. When cut open it looks like citrus fruit of some type and smells like a lemon. The leaves have three dark green,

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two oranges are growing on the branches of a tree

Is the Hardy Orange edible? That depends on how hungry you are, or which century you live in. A native of China, Hardy Orange (Poncirus trifoliata) aka Trifoliate Orange, was once grown in northern Europe where the fruit rind was candied and dried. As a cold-hardy pseudo- citrus American colonists also grew the Hardy Orange […]

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the fruit is growing on the tree and ready to be picked from it's branches

Trifoliate Orange, Poncirus trifoliata (syn. Citrus trifoliata), is closely related to Citrus, and sometimes included in that genus, being sufficiently closely related to allow it to be used as a rootstock for Citrus. The fruit it produces is very bitter and probably not for eating alone, but it is great for making marmalades. It is a classic hedgerow plant that is virtually impenetrable due to its formidable thorns.

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the fruit is growing on the tree in the forest

Scientific name: Poncirus trifoliat Abundance: plentiful What: Mature fruit How: juice and zest as seasoning and as a lemonade replacement Where: partially shady woods When: late fall Nutritional Value: Vitamin C Other uses: The the twisted and intertwined branches covered in sharp 2" long spines make this a great security hedge. This tree is used as a root-stock for grafting other citrus fruits. Leaf Arrangement: The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches. Leaf Shape: Leaves are…

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