meyer lemon

It’s harvest time in the greenhouse. We’ve been eating Satsuma mandarins off our own trees for a couple weeks now, and they’re awfully good, especially when considering their provenance. In 2007, Henry ordered 65+ year-old citrus seedlings from Tree Source Citrus Nursery (propagated from varieties kept at UC Riverside via Japan), and he grew them in […]

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So…I’m a total quince convert. I was a little overwhelmed after bringing home half a box of these fragrant fruits from our local National Clonal Germplasm Repository last month, but as soon as I started cooking with them, I was hooked. I made quince sauce and quince paste (kinda like this) and some extra thin/extra dry […]

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