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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusCentennial Variegated Kumquat
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc4082 (opens in a new tab)
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EnzoGrows · YouTube · 2024-06-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yDwezb6fw (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: EnzoGrows shows a Centennial Variegated Kumquat owned for about a year, carrying more than 40 fruit in a 10-gallon container while still producing new leaves. He praises its vigor and ornamental variegation. Fruit tried so far tasted quite tart, and he plans to let others ripen longer before judging them. No fruit weight, Brix, pH, or cold exposure is measured.
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The Mulberries · YouTube · 2026-05-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BPp5SNEsmU&t=2644s (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The Mulberries tours a newly built greenhouse and its citrus collection. Around 44:04, Centennial is described as a favorite kumquat hybrid with striped fruit, including red striping on orange mature fruit. The presenter likes its sweet-tart flavor but reports variable quality during the preceding season, with a few good fruit near the end. A greenhouse specimen is setting fruit. The general description of it as semi-hardy is not accompanied by a measured freeze exposure.
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H. C. Barrett · HortScience 28(3):236 · 1993-03-01
https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/28/3/article-p236.xml (opens in a new tab)
Original cultivar release. The Origin section describes propagation of mutant buds on trifoliate-orange rootstock and container cultivation at USHRL, Orlando. The 1980 selection date belongs to US-1515, before the variegated mutation was found in 1986.
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James N. Cummins (editor); F. G. Gmitter, Jr., and K. M. Crosby (Kumquat section) · HortScience 30(6):1135–1147 · 1995-10-01
https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/30/6/article-p1135.xml (opens in a new tab)
The Centennial entry in the Kumquat section, page 1139, explicitly identifies H. C. Barrett of USDA, Orlando, as the selector. It also describes the variegated sport’s origin on US-1515 at the Whitmore farm.
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Edge of Nowhere Farm · YouTube · 2019-01-08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksyNLe6LUc4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions reviewed 6:48–8:37 of a 17:20 video. The presenter describes the Centennial Variegated leaves and fruit from an Arizona-grown specimen, including leaf/fruit variegation and one fruit sample. The raw timestamped transcript is retained in the Fukushu source archive.
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BerryGuy · Growing Fruit forum · 2022-01-05
Forum post by BerryGuy, Jan. 5, 2022. The grower says their Centennial Variegated had not fruited in its first season with them and describes the plant as vigorous, bushy, and more branching than their other kumquats. Its relative fruit quality is only a prediction; no fruit was tasted. Plant age, rootstock, and location are unstated.
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