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Post by Hershell on Jul 14, 2019 18:46:48 GMT -5
I’m concerned about the taste. I know why there grown where most lemons won’t grow. It’s like other cold hardy lemons just don’t taste good.
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ladygt
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Post by ladygt on Jul 14, 2019 19:15:15 GMT -5
When I first started growing citrus trees, I thought it was "the" lemon to get. If you go to any garden center, the main variety that is sold is the Meyer. The public really doesn't know any better. I didn't. It's very rare to find anything else on the market at the big box stores.
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toofarnorth
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Post by toofarnorth on Jul 14, 2019 21:59:26 GMT -5
Most of my family and friends don't use it as a "true" lemon. They like to make lemonade and eat it out of hand, especially the little ones. I already have people coming by checking on my crop and wanting to know when they will be ready. Lol
TFN
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marro
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Post by marro on Jul 15, 2019 4:51:28 GMT -5
As far as me concerned, I have two Meyers, they are very ornamentals. Many knowledgeable citrus growers including some on forums had to go through a bunch of hype in the beginnings of any type of fruit growing. I have been through that, like figs for example, you talking about hype, many get sucker in. I also grow a lot of oriental persimmon, at one time I grew about a dozen or more veriaties, now only 4. I will keep the two I have, no problems with them. Now I am very smart and now have the finest in mandarins.
That’s actually all I like to grow. My citrus collection is very nice, just the way I like it.
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ladygt
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Post by ladygt on Jul 15, 2019 6:06:24 GMT -5
marro, you mentioned the "finest in mandarins" in your above post. I would love to know which varieties you have as I have quite a few myself. I am always looking for the next best one. lol.
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Post by isaac1 on Jul 17, 2019 0:51:05 GMT -5
My understanding is that Meyers were widely grown commercially in the US until it was discovered they carried a citrus disease 50+ years ago, the Meyers we have today are disease free "improved Meyers". Commercially Meyers has never recovered from the popularity it once had at its high point 60+ years ago. The same can be said about other types of citrus, such as the Satsumas that were widely grown on the upper gulf coast until a series of major freezes in the 1930's and 40's nearly wiped out the industry. I don't have the figures in front of me at the moment, but I do know hundreds of thousands of acres were historically planted in Satsuma Mandarins on the upper gulf coast, today it is likely under 10,000 acres in total across the entire gulf coast, though it is increasing in some areas the last couple of years.
On a side point about Meyers lemons I have encountered them when dining in restaurants a few times in the last year or two, primarily as lemon wedges in ice tea in Mexican restaurants. Of course they may have been from someones back yard as they do grow in ground here.
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zap
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Post by zap on Sept 11, 2019 3:14:18 GMT -5
I used to exercise past a huge maybe 50ft lemon tree. The city had to top it because it got into the power lines.
It made pretty decent med-large lemons. And that was on years when my Improved-Meyer hybd froze right to the ground.
Another seed & scion project for me!
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