Citrumelo 'Dunstan' Southeastern Native grandiflorum earns a place

grandiflorum earns a place

the leatherwood

a single area in Oklahoma

The mildly oniony leaves and bulbs are edible

drying winter wind

Citrumelo 'Dunstan' Southeastern Native grandiflorum earns a placeCitrumelo 'Dunstan' is a hardy heirloom hybrid of the rugged trifoliate orange, Citrus trifoliata, and the sunlit grapefruit, Citrus paradisi, and from that unlikely marriage comes a fruit and tree of real merit. The golden yellow globes swell to nearly four inches across, fragrant, and, touched with sugar, carry the tart refreshment of a grapefruit picked a little shy of ripe. Here is fruit both rustic and refined, bred for survival yet still hinting