Kathi Jones wrote:
"George Shirley" wrote in message
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So far we have ten quart bags of lemon juice cubes in the big freezer. I
think we finally used up all the lemons but one that is still on the tree.
Our citrus trees, lemon and kumquat, out did themselves this winter.
Copious amounts of fruit, really more than we can use.

Of course during this flu and cold season we drink a lot of hot lemonade
plus DW made a delicious lemon coconut pie yesterday, straight from the
old Betty Crocker cookbook. Have to mark that one as a keeper to go along
with her lemon meringue and lemon chess pies.

Balmy weather out with some distance thunderstorms and scattered rain
showers. Up to near 80F today. Soon be time to put in the spring garden.

George

lucky you George. Tell me again what kind of lemons you grow? The ones
that are almost as big as your head? Never seen anything like them,
anywhere but in your pics....I'd be drinking lemonade too...

I made a second batch of seville orange marmalade today - that's 12 jars
total. Gosh, it turned out pretty...

Kathi



They're Ponderosa lemons, from what I've learned they're a natural sport
between a lemon and a grapefruit. Certainly taste like lemons. The
rind/peel is very thick and they have lots of seeds but one 3 lb lemon
will produce a lot of juice. The tree was given to me by my eldest
grandkids when they were wee folk, now they range from 21 to 27. The
tree has been frozen back to the ground at least twice.

The Ponderosa grows true from the seed and/or a cutting. I've given away
probably a hundred of them and have sold another hundred at the Farmers
Market for a buck a piece in a 3 inch pot. Our tree is on the south side
of our garage, on a slope, in sandy loam with cypress bark on the
surface to retain water and stop erosion. Our prevailing wind is from
the SE most of the year and the tree is protected from a north wind. We
do cover it when a hard freeze is predicted.

Another thing about the Ponderosa, it blooms and sets fruit throughout
the year. HTH

George