21-08-2007, 02:11 AM
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Bitter-sweet promises - meyer-01.jpg (1/1)
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"Mary Fisher" wrote:
I've never seen a lemon flower, never heard of a Merey lemon, but I
love eating lemons :-) That picture is lovely, like a mutant daffodil
:-)
Hi Mary, thanks. The Meyer Lemon has a thin smooth skin and the fruit is
very juicy, great for lemonade. The blossoms are very fragrent, too.
Once established the tree bears a lot of fruit.
http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/lore/meyer.html has a nice (very
brief) slide show of the species.
Another description he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_lemon
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Travis in Shoreline Washington
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