Posted on 02/08/2021 7:43:40 PM PST by Yardstick
SOMIS, Calif. — Thirty miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Lemon Hill grove — a square mile of rolling slopes covered with healthy young trees, laden with fragrant yellow fruit — evokes the Arcadian vistas of classic citrus crate labels. Everything looks familiar, but inside the lemons there’s a crucial difference: There are no seeds.
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Adam Cooper, senior vice president of marketing for the Wonderful Company, estimates that the company’s seedless lemons will command a 50% premium over seeded fruit, boosted by a “robust marketing plan” including prominent displays in stores.
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Rabe said that in a few years Wonderful’s seedless plantings will account for 10% of the United States lemon market, and the company’s ambition is that seedless lemons will ultimately replace seeded.
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Article is from November 2019.
I could see merit to a seedless lemon.
Wonder where I buy the tree?
I’m surrounded by lemon trees in my neighborhood, even hanging over my fence.
But they are all those FLORAL Meyer lemons, which also bring a premium price at the market. Not my cup of tea.
I go out of my way to avoid products from CA.
There used to be a lemon here in Arizona I think it was called Ponderosa lemon. Almost the size of small footballs and sweet enough to eat like an orange. Best lemonade lemons ever. Haven seen any for years.
Those lemons get up to 7lbs.
I’m reading One Second AFter, about an EMP attack. No seeds, no future fruit in such a situation.
I’ve often wondered why there aren’t seedless grapefruit developed. So many decades after seedless oranges. Must be a good reason.
“I go out of my way to avoid products from CA.”
Do you eat nuts?
CA is the largest ag producers in the country. You likely eat something from there whether you know it or not.
Besides, the farmers are not commies.
I mean, you most likely don’t bite into a lemon. The seeds aren’t that big a deal.
I live in Georgia and love my Meyer Lemon trees. Not too many seeds and have a sweet flavor.
wait, what?
Aren’t most seeded lemons ‘true seed’?
Better than grapefruit is a pummelo. Pummelo can be peeled like a tangerine and eaten a section at a time like one, no need for a spoon...and the white or pink part of the rind is soft and slightly sweet, full of vitamins. The fruit is good grilled and drizzled with honey.
“I mean, you most likely don’t bite into a lemon”
But if you ever get to the Italian coast try the Amalfi lemon, sweet, low acid, you can eat the whole thing. They only seem to be found on the Mediterranean coast of Italy though.
https://experi.com/journal/lemons-sweetened-italian-sun/
Almost all fruit, nuts and vegetables are harvested by illegals...in every state.
Farmers won’t pay enough to get citizens to do the work.
And, of course, none of that silliness where people get to use seeds to grow their own lemon trees.
the same farmers that aren’t commies?
Fake lemons they are.
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