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While on a walk with my fiancé I noticed what appeared to be two relatively large poncirus trifoliata trees growing close together. They were loaded with fruit at varying stages of ripeness and surprisingly flowers too. Average fruit size was about that of a key lime, though some were as large as a clementine.
Though they are uncommon, it is not unheard of to find a spontaneous seedling tree in this part of New York. It is how I found the small tree shown in the video, which was already several years old and had withstood at least one or two winters below 5°F (-15°C).
For those familiar, it is far from the best-tasting citrus but it makes for a very good lemonade, and tastes similar to an ordinary lemon with some unique, grapefruit-like flavors as well. The rinds however were completely unusable. For the novelty of growing cold hardy citrus in New York however, I enjoy this plant greatly.