Talk:Meyer lemon
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[edit] Size
Meyer lemons can, in fact, grow quite large under the right conditions. We just lost a tree to hurricanes here in South Florida that was about twelve years old. From the time it began producing, its fruit was the size of a grapefruit. No special steps were taken. The tree was planted in the ground, which is almost all sand; it grew in full sun; and was fertilized several times a year. The skin of a Meyer lemon is very thin, thereby producing a large quantity of juice relative to its size. Moreover, the lemon has very few seeds, making it even more attractive to the user.
How do Meyer lemons stack up against regular lemons in terms of size? If it is a cross between regular lemons and Mandarin oranges, I would expect it to be smaller. --maru (talk) contribs 02:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes your right I have put some info about that--Bjwebb (talk) 18:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
Is this image not a Meyer Lemon? The original uploader got it from pdphoto.org where it is identified as a Meyer Lemon, and it sure looks like the Meyer Lemon tree that I have right in front of me too. --Fxer 19:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I saw the image as lemon11.jpg before and thought someone had changed it to meyerlemon.jpg to put it here. I have looked at pdphoto.org and realised my mistake.--Bjwebb (talk) 18:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
- I thought it was wrong at first too :) I'll have to take a picture of my tree when the fruit ripens some more, to show the yellow/orange color of the ripe version. --Fxer 20:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyvio?
I removed this text:
== Cultivation == Small tree, generally only 6 to 10 feet tall. Cold hardy, surviving temperatures into the high 20's. Grows well in standard citrus producing climates, but also grows in cooler areas, and areas that receive brief freezes. Water regularly, less so during cold months. Fertilize during growing periods. Usually takes 4 years to fruit when grown from seed. Tends to be everbearing but fruits mostly from December to April.
When I first read it, I was suspicious (a long history as a college professor spotting plagiarism), so I googled it, and found a number of non-Wikipedia hits, first among them being http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/meyer_lemon.htm.
The section is important, and all it would take is for someone to rewrite it in their own words. I may take a stab at it later.--Curtis Clark 17:59, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ancestry?
I checked several sources on the web about the ancestry of the Meyer lemon. One ancestor, of course, is the true lemon, but there some disagreement about the orange ancestor. About half the sources (including this article) say mandarins, while the other half say sweet oranges. Anybody have a definitive answer on this? Peter G Werner 20:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article capitalization
Is "Meyer Lemon", with "lemon" capitalized, the proper name of this fruit? If it isn't, this article should be moved to Meyer lemon, or if it is, I'll make Meyer lemon a redirect to this article. Also, we should be consistent with capitalization of this throughout the article. — TheKMantalk 18:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Persian lime, Key lime, Bitter orange, Mandarin orange. I think this settles it; I support moving it to Meyer lemon.--Curtis Clark 23:14, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Improved Meyer'. the de-virused version, mentioned?
i could be blind, but i don't think i saw this type of info (admittedly info is on the web http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Improved+Meyer%22+%7Evirus+%7C+tristeza+%7Echamber+%7C+%7Eheat+%7C+tip+%7C+shoot+%7C+meristem+free+%7C+cleaned+%7C+%7Eeliminated+%7C%7Eexcluded+) Also, i think a patent may have applied to the cleaned ('Improved Meyer') version of Meyer. Maybe this not interesting to enough ppl? --2z2z 14:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, this is one of the things I went to the article looking for. I have always seen it listed as "Improved Meyer's" and wanted to find out how it was improved. Would the fruit taste different? Would it be less prolific? I will look around (thanks for the head start), and if I find enough, edit something about the improved version into the article. --Dirus 16:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
