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Thomasville Citrangequat Tree
Thomasville Citrangequat Tree
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Thomasville Citrangequat Tree

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$42.00
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$42.00
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20" - 28" tall, grafted Thomasville Citrangequat Tree For Sale

Thomasville citrangequat is a complex hybrid involving a citrange (Sweet orange x Trifoliate orange) and a kumquat. It was developed by the United States Department of Agriculture in the early 20th century as an attempt to combine the hardiness of the citrange with the delayed dormancy of a kumquat. It was named for Thomasville, GA, where it first fruited. Several different citranges were developed, but of these, Thomasville is the most widely grown and best tasting. Thomasville citrangequat makes a small tree to 15-20 feet. Juvenile leaves are frequently Trifoliate, but mature plants produce unifoliate leaves. Like its kumquat parent, Thomasville citrangequat is a repeat bloomer, and mature plants will frequently produce two (or more) crops in a single season. The fruit are the shape and size of a hen’s egg. They turn yellow in late fall. Left on the tree, the fruit eventually turn bright orange. Although it does not have commercial potential, Thomasville citrangequat makes prodigious crops of fruit that have a variety of home uses. Due to its kumquat ancestry, the entire fruit can be used, peel and all. In late summer, when the fruit are still green, Thomasville citrangequat fruit can be used as a lime. In fall, the fruit can be used as a lemon or used to make an excellent marmalade. Left on the tree, the fruit becomes edible out of hand by late winter, tasting like a common sweet orange. Thomasville citrangequat is an excellent cold-hardy citrus for anyone who wants to grow highly ornamental, useful fruit with very little effort.

  • Mature Tree Height: 15-20 feet
  • Ripens: Fall/Winter
  • Hardiness: 5F * 
  • Tastes Like: Lemon/Lime early to Sweet Orange later in season

Our trees are grafted with mature buds so our trees will fruit quicker.

* Hardiness temperatures are approximate, and indicate where fully dormant, mature trees may experience significant damage.

 

Please read: Winter Shipping Notice
If you are ordering from AL, AR, GA, NC, SC your order will ship the following Monday / Tuesday. If you are ordering from any other state that we ship to, your order will be held for shipment until the first few weeks of April when the risk of freeze damage is over. Please only order if you are ok with waiting until April to receive your order. We are offering this option because so many have asked if they can get an order in to make sure they dont miss out on something we have in stock right now.