Loquat seeds

Hello Permies,

I am full in Loquat season here and I have been thinking some people might be interested in getting loquat seeds. I only discovered this great fruit when I came to live here in southern Spain. It's a sturdy tree, quite fast growing, keeps its leaves all year, yields a good crop of delicious sweet fruits in April/May and doesn't seem to mind alkaline soil. It likes mild winters but I have seen it produce fruits in higher latitudes and is quite tolerant of mild frosts once established.

I am happy to send seeds to anyone at the cost of shipping.

Is this loquat that has a large pit in the middle, tastes kind of like a cross between a sweet cherry and an apricot?.

Ohhh... I first had loquats in Rome, and they were a revelation.  My tree in Seattle never fruited but was a handsome evergreen, and my tree here died.  The Turkish convenience store used to have them for about a week every spring (and the best Mirabelle plums later in the year) but the new owner doesn't carry produce any more.  I'll have to peek in at the Turkish grocer later this week.

I love eating them fresh, but they don't last at all.  How do you use any extras?

I've only ever had then in China and they were SO GOOD. I've been looking for years and could never find them in the US. I've never been to a Turkish grocer though I have looked in all the different Asian markets in my area (Seattle and Tacoma). I have a tree I finally found at a nursery a few years ago bit it hasn't fruited yet so I'm not even sure it's the same fruit.