Kumquat Festival Explained
The Kumquat Festival is an annual celebration held in late January in Dade City, Florida focused on the kumquat, a small tart citrus fruit usually eaten whole, with the skin on, and used in marmalades and desserts. [1] It is organized by the Dade City Chamber of Commerce.[2] The festival brings tens of thousands of visitors and is in its 24th year as of 2021. The crop can be damaged by freezes.[3] [4]
The festival features kumquat pie, a specialty of Pasco County where Dade City is located.[5]
Nearby St. Joseph, Florida is known as the kumquat capital of the world, according to Kumquat Festival brochures.
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Notes and References
- Ronnie Blair Tiny fruit, tons of fun at Kumquat Festival January 26, 2012 Tampa Tribune
- http://www.dadecitychamber.org/default.cfm?page=KumquatFestival Kumquat Festival
- Web site: Kumquat Festival hangs on one grower . 2012-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170911161946/http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/kumquat-festival-hangs-on-one-grower/1147822 . 2017-09-11 . dead .
- Michele Miller Dade City Festival Celebrates the tiny mighty kumquat January 28, 2012 Tampa Bay Times
- Web site: Filips . Sara . Kumquat Growers to host 2-day open house event ahead of festival . wfla.com . WFLA . 19 March 2024.
