[Sca-cooks] citrus was Panforte

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Cool, Thanks!

Mirianna



----- Original Message ----
From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
To: yaini0625 at yahoo.com; Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 2:07:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] citrus was Panforte

I did my last revision of my book (nearly 300 pages) on Oranges and Citrus 
Fruits in 2005. Citron is thought to be the original citrus fruit. From it come 
all the others. There's a date that floats around of 2200 BCE for domestication 
in Southeast Asia.  "One problem that occurs with Oranges and other Citrus 
fruits is that they are genetically unstable and odd mutants arise at times 
without warning. They are generally cultivated now as they were centuries ago by 
slips that are placed or grafted onto rootstocks of the same or another 
variety." (Holloway, 2005)

The citrus fruits have hundreds of varieties that we never commonly see. They 
also can be crossed and recrossed, hence all these new small varieties that are 
in the produce departments now. Also the USDA prevents the importation of a 
number of varieties due to quarantines for diseases and insects.

Those Buddha's hands date back to at least the 4th century CE.

Johnnae