Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit is
outstanding.
http://tinyurl.com/24ochj
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children.'

Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit is
outstanding.
http://tinyurl.com/24ochj
--
Sacha


and will these be for sale?

Mike



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Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

"'Mike'" wrote...
"Sacha" wrote ...
Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used
for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit is
outstanding.
http://tinyurl.com/24ochj

and will these be for sale?

You don't have to wait for Ray's to grow Mike, takes a long time anyway, you
can buy a fruiting one at..
http://www.citruscentre.co.uk/
Personally I'd rather have Lemon, Tahiti Lime, Orange or Grapefruit (in that
order) but they are certainly a talking point.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden

Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit is
outstanding.

What a co-incidence. I was just discussing this citrus today with a friend.

Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

On 7/9/07 10:17, in article
, "FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit is
outstanding.

What a co-incidence. I was just discussing this citrus today with a friend.


Do you have it? I think it's grown in Australia, probably more as a
curiosity than anything else but once ours produces enough fruits, I hope to
keep them in various parts of the house. Bob's right that they're not very
fast growing, though Ray's has probably put on about 4" and has provided a
fair bit of cutting material. He's going to keep those as propagators, too
until we get a good stock of them. The straightforward Citrus medica we
took to Devon County Show was a show-stopper this year. We arranged it
beside a table with a bottle of gin, a tumbler and some tonic water. ;-)
This is a pic I took of Ray (and assistants) with the tree. It's
astonishing that such a baby tree can produce several enormous fruits.
http://i12.tinypic.com/4pn3tdv.jpg[/IMG]
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
Great excitement down here - Ray has successfully propagated about half
a
dozen of these from the small plant I gave him in March *and* the parent
plant has lots of new fruits on it in varying sizes. They aren't used
for
culinary purposes much - apart from candying the peel - but are used to
scent houses in Japan and China, apparently. The perfume of the fruit
is
outstanding.

What a co-incidence. I was just discussing this citrus today with a
friend.


Do you have it? I think it's grown in Australia, probably more as a
curiosity than anything else but once ours produces enough fruits,

I don't personally have it but I know it is available here. The other
citrus we were discussing was the Native Limes which are becoming a big item
here of late as are a lot of other bush tucker plants.
http://www.abc.net.au/landline/conte...4/s1057751.htm

I hope to
keep them in various parts of the house. Bob's right that they're not
very
fast growing, though Ray's has probably put on about 4" and has provided a
fair bit of cutting material. He's going to keep those as propagators,
too
until we get a good stock of them. The straightforward Citrus medica we
took to Devon County Show was a show-stopper this year. We arranged it
beside a table with a bottle of gin, a tumbler and some tonic water. ;-)
This is a pic I took of Ray (and assistants) with the tree. It's
astonishing that such a baby tree can produce several enormous fruits.
http://i12.tinypic.com/4pn3tdv.jpg[/IMG]

For some reason it won't show. I can just see a lot of fruit and the very
top of what I assume is Ray's head

Citrus medica 'Buddha's Hand'
 

On 7/9/07 13:01, in article
, "FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:
snip For some reason it won't show. I can just see a lot of fruit and
the very
top of what I assume is Ray's head



Hmmm. Don't understand that. What you're seeing is the Meyer's lemon.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'