When my daughter Shelley and I were in Northern Italy looking for my mother’s relatives, we visited two American nurses (sisters) Dora and Rina Lagomarsino that had been in World War II with my late nurse cousin Josey Brown. They had retired and moved to Chiavari, Italy right next to the Italian Riviera. We were served some loquats which were nice and big. I brought one of the seeds home and planted it. Four years later it started producing huge loquats, bigger than any I have seen. I named the loquat Genoa since Chiavari, Italy is very close to Genoa and would be easier to remember. They have been dificult to graft, so I do not have any trees for sale and I don't know if the seeds come true. I did have three veneer grafts to take. All other types of grafts failed. Some fruit has been seedless and I will take pictures of it next year when it fruits again.
Regular Texas Loquat to the left with 2 Genoa Loquats next to the quarter.