Pale yellow flesh is sweet with good flavor lacking acidity and bitterness. The kumquats and kumquat hybrids are small fruits with edible skin. These unusual fruits are excellent right off the tree, but most often used in canning and culinary arts. All grow well and fruit as containerized trees. Calamondin Small, round, orange-fleshed fruits often borne in clusters.
Fruits are sour and excellent for marmalades and cooking.
Vigorous, productive, upright tree, that is hardy to 10 F. Buddha's Hand Large, oblong yellow citron with finger-like appendages extending from the base of the fruit. When the fruit is ripe, the 'fingers' uncurl. Peels are candied, added to potpourri or used as a room freshener. Tree has low-spreading shrub habit making it an unusual ornamental year round. Very cold sensitive.