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Kumquat
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or (Citrus japonica), a much-branched shrub from 8 to 12 ft. high, the branches sometimes bearing small thorns, with dark green glossy leaves and pure white orange-like flowers standing singly or clustered in the leaf-axils. The bright orangeyellow fruit is round or ellipsoidal, about i in. in diameter, with a thick minutely tuberculate rind, the inner lining of which is sweet, and a watery acidulous pulp. It has long been cultivated in China and Japan, and was introduced to Europe in 1846 by Mr Fortune, collector for the London Horticultural Society, and shortly after into North America. It is much hardier than most plants of the orange tribe, and succeeds well when grafted on the wild species, Citrus trifoliata. It is largely used by the Chinese as a sweetmeat preserved in sugar.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kumquat'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kumquat.html. 1910.
