Indio Mandarinquat Gene Cline lanceolate

lanceolate

and almost no one knows it

the Swedish botanist and teacher of Linnaeus

softer companions

massed on a slope for erosion control

Indio Mandarinquat Gene Cline lanceolateThe Indio mandarinquat is one of those happy accidents that citrus breeding throws up now and then, a natural cross between a mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and a kumquat (Citrus japonica) that borrows the best of both parents. From the mandarin come the size, the deep orange color, and the perfume; from the kumquat come the sweet, tender, wholly edible rind and a welcome measure of cold tolerance. The fruits hang like small golden lanterns against dark