GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES 
Citrus Fruits 
KUMQUAT 
This is the smallest of the citrus fruits and has not heretofore been planted very extensively 
for commercial purposes in this country. It is supposed to have originated in Cochin China, and 
is quite extensively grown at the 
present time in Japan, also in the 
districts of Fu-chau, Chusan and 
Ningpo, China. In Japan it is 
called Kin-kan, which means 
Gold Orange; Kumquat is Chi¬ 
nese for the same meaning. Bot¬ 
anists now know it as Citrus 
Japoniea , although it has in the 
past been listed under various 
names by horticultural historians. 
The tree attains a height of 
io to 12 feet, with a spread of 
top nearly equal to the height. It 
is very symmetrical in growth and 
produces an abundance of hand¬ 
some little fruits annually. The 
blossoms come during the sum¬ 
mer and the fruit ripens during 
the late fall and winter. 
This fruit has been intro¬ 
duced, in a limited way, in the 
markets of this country and, 
where properly handled, has 
brought very fancy prices. On 
our own shipments we have ob¬ 
tained from $6 to $10 per straw¬ 
berry crate of thirty-two quarts. 
In packing our fruit, we always 
clip little bunches of fruit with 
foliage attached and pack it in 
strawberry baskets. In northern 
markets it seems to sell better 
where the foliage is mixed in 
with the fruit, as Kumquats are 
often USed for table decoration, Nagami Kumquat (Seepage 14) 
and the leaves add greatly to their 
beauty. This is an advantage from the shipper’s standpoint, as the leaves help fill up the 
baskets and make a larger volume than if the fruit is clipped off and packed by itself. 
In China and Japan, Kumquats have been grown almost exclusively on Citrus trifoliata stock, 
to which they seem admirably adapted. VVe have propagated them in a limited way, on sour 
orange and sweet orange roots, but they do not seem to prove very successful on these stocks. 
At the present time we are propagating them on both Citrus trifoliata and rough lemon stocks, 
and while they do better on the Trifoliata with us, there arc some sections in which the Trifo¬ 
liata is not desired and to which lemon stock seems to be admirably adapted. The Kumquat 
grows well on both stocks. 
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