Thread: Blood orange: Sanguinello
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Old 13-04-2007, 08:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Blood orange: Sanguinello

In article . com,
writes:
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| As owner and webmaster of the site quoted above, and long time citrus
| grower, I can assure you that citrus can not be grafted or crossed
| with pomegranite. Absolutely impossible, whatever the nursery says.
| Most citrus sold in the UK will be imported plants grown on Poncirus
| trifoliata rootstocks, or the Poncirus trifoliata x Citrus sinensis
| hybrid known as 'Citrange'. Both rootstocks produce excellent results
| for potted plants.

Consensus: they may have SAID pomegranite, but they MEANT poncirus :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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