The Kumquat Festival is an annual celebration held in late January in

Dade City Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Tampa Bay Area. The population was 6,437 at the 2010 census. Dade City is popular with tourists for its antique stores, restaurants, and h ...

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focused on the

kumquat Kumquats (; zh, 金桔), or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. Their taxonomy is disputed. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus ''Fortun ...

, a small tart

citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

usually eaten whole, with the skin on, and used in marmalades and desserts. It is organized by the Dade City Chamber of Commerce. The festival brings tens of thousands of visitors and is in its 24th year as of 2021. The crop can be damaged by freezes.Michele Mille
Dade City Festival Celebrates the tiny mighty kumquat
January 28, 2012 Tampa Bay Times Nearby

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is known as the kumquat capital of the world, according to Kumquat Festival brochures.

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