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To: greeneyes

That is a research center and no plants are sold there. I had already clicked on a link from there to try to find a place in south Texas that sells the lemon, but so far I have not found a place. There has to be such a place.


190 posted on 11/14/2013 2:25:22 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

https://sites.google.com/site/johnpanza/

How far are you from Lake Jackson Texas? This guy has citrus for sale, and advertises that he has Meyer Lemon, but references Texas Law prohibiting mail order.

He does travel to some other locations, but I am not that familiar with Texas geography, so don’t have a clue where they are.

He has some good information links that may be of interest.

I would like to find someone that has paw paws so that I could taste the fruit. If I liked it, I would plant several along the boundary of my property. They are native and cold hardy with not much to bother them.


195 posted on 11/14/2013 4:20:14 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Marcella

—Meyer Lemon is one of the most winter hardy citrus for Houston.

Because it will repeat bloom it is often used in the landscape for it’s fragrance as well as the fruit.

Lemons like a sunny well drained location.

The Meyer lemon grows to 15ft or more tall and wide.

The Meyer Lemon Tree is named for Frank Meyer of the USDA, who brought the plant from China in 1908. By the mid 1940s, the Meyer Lemon had become a staple citrus tree throughout Southern California. It was discovered that a majority of the Meyer lemon trees being propagated were carriers of the Tristeza Virus, a virus which had killed millions of citrus trees all over the world and rendered others useless for production. After this finding, most of the Meyer lemon trees in the United States were destroyed to save other citrus trees. A virus-free selection was found in the 1950s by Four Winds Growers in California. This selection, named Improved Meyer Lemon, was certified and released by the University of California in 1975.—

Source: Maas Nursery, Seabrook Tx(S.Houston)

Have you thought about buying one of these and keeping it pruned to a small size? I am not going to let either of mine grow any taller that I can reach from the ground, and I may keep them to container size. Bonzai trees are just normal trees that are kept tiny by trimming them.

Just a thought trying to help a FRiend.

PS: My 78yo preacher climbs his trees to pick lemons and figs, but my feets aint leaving terra firma.


199 posted on 11/15/2013 5:39:52 AM PST by rightly_dividing (Phil. 4:13)
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