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- From: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au (Bob McKay)
- Subject: Re: Hardy Citrus was List of cold climate gums
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.041926.11953@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
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- Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:19:26 GMT
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- pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
-
- >the first frost. Fully dormant "Satsuma" mandarin trees can withstand
- >temps as low as 18oF without defoliation. Kumquats may tolerate temps a
- >degree or two colder. Most other mandarins can take 22-23oF; grapefruit
- >and oranges 23-24oF; lemons 26-27oF; and limes 28oF. The average
- >freezing point for mature fruits of "Satsuma" mandarins and "Temple"
- >tangors is 28oF. Ripe navel oranges freeze at 27-28oF ...
- >Duration of cold is also very important in determining whether fruit
- >will be damaged. It usually takes 3-4 hours as 27-28oF to injure navel
- >oranges, but it may take only 30-60 minutes at 29oF to injure small
- >lemons.
-
- The more we discuss this, the more puzzling it gets. I'm starting to think
- the mercury in our thermometers here must be upside down! Assuming the
- temperatures Paul quotes are air temperatures, rather than ground temps
- (which can be significantly colder), the table mostly fits the Oz experience.
- But there's one exception, lemons, which as I mentioned, are considered
- relatively hardy here, despite minima down to around 21F most Winters, and
- extremes down to around 16F. It may be partly varieties (Meyer, the one
- mentioned, originated in Canberra), but other varieties, while not so hardy,
- are still regarded as hardier than mandarins, grapefruit or oranges. Anybody
- have an explanation??
- Cheers
- Bob McKay
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