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December 2 - Kumquat History & Tips:

Use in fruit salads, gelatin salads and desserts or dilute the juice in fruit drinks. Texture of the kumquat is juicy, the flavor is tart then sweet and the fruit contains tiny white seeds, but the entire fruit is edible.

Good-quality kumquats will be firm, bright orange and fairly large.

Avoid product that is too small, overly soft or wrinkled.

Available December to May from Southern California and Florida. Firm kumquats with the stems still attached may be stored in the refrigerator for up to one month.

This miniature citrus fruit has been cultivated for centuries in China and Japan, but was introduced into Europe only about 150 years ago. The word comes from Cantonese, meaning, "golden orange," and was first spelled kam kwat.

OASIS has much more information on citrus.

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