Dave Smith wrote:
> Dora wrote:
>>> It is definitely too late to get Seville oranges in NA now. You
>>> have to start looking for them toward the end of January.
>>
>>
>> Never, ever have I seen them here, Dave. Maybe no market for
>> them -
>> nobody I know eats marmalade, let alone make their own suply.
>> More
>> for me.
>
> Perhaps you just looking at the right time. I would probably never
> see
> them either unless I was looking. Since each batch makes enough to
> keep me going for a few years, I only make marmalade every 2-3y
> years. When I run low and it is time to make a new batch I start
> looking in January. They invariably show up, but only for a week or
> two.
> I don't know that many people who eat marmalade either, and my
> mother
> and mother in law were the only other people I know who made it.

I went on an avid search several years ago, as did another poster
here. We turned up one online vendor in Florida, sent our orders (and
fortunately charged them), only to find he was a fly-by-night and
didn't have the oranges to sell. He was reported to the Florida Ag
authorities, closed down his web site and both of us were made whole
creditwise. A strange experience. The search goes on.