A kumquat with the text “#1” stamped on it: found this way in the bag.
Wow! The first kumquat ever produced. You can fetch good money from collectors.
Kumquat Werbenjägermanjensen
Ahhh I’m not the first. Bravo mate, bravo.
Right here.
Nicely done
I have never seen kumquats in the store. We have a small tree, so we get more than we need and I’m unlikely to buy any, but I’ve never seen them.
Also, is that typical of the way they look where you are? Ours look like these.
I’ve never seen them in a store here in New Zealand. I’ve been trying to grow them, but while the tree is doing well it is yet to produce fruit.
I did manage to buy some at a supermarket in Berlin a few years ago while on holiday, they were packed like cherry tomatoes in a clear plastic punnet.
The egg-shaped fruit you’ve got are frequently the “Meiwa” or “Nagami” cultivars, OP’s round fruit may be the “Marumi”.
Oh! You’re exactly right. I’ve never heard of or seen Marumis, but googling them that’s exactly what OP has.
And it looks like I was wrong about the “quat” part - it means “orange.”
He was number one!
This does look like it was printed on the kumquat. I don’t know whether it’s the case here, but this sort of thing sometimes happens when there is something printed on a bag or the plastic that food is wrapped in, and the ink can get transferred to the food.
It might also be lasered on.
‘Inspected by #1’
Sauron needs only this Kumquat to cover all the lands in a second darkness. He is seeking it - seeking it, all his thought is bent on it…
BES
