The two that immediately jump to mind are: (mainly because I picked both\u00a0today for use in early winter here)<\/p>\n
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- Lisbon<\/strong> – which is a huge fruit that has a thick pith and more mild flavour and is quite\u00a0fragrant\u00a0overall<\/li>\n
- Eureka<\/strong>\u00a0– which is a small to average sized fruit with a thin rind and very lemony acidic flavour and smell overall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These two represent two major groups of lemons – there are more – and each has several well known common varieties and growth form. They are also probably the most commonly available in general at fresh food markets.<\/p>\n
As a size guide – the Lisbon here in the photgraph\u00a0is about 15cm long (6 inches) and the Eureka is fairly big one at about 7.5cm long (3 inches). These two trees are still quite small and about 5 years old.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEureka is\u00a0I think probably the most productive all year round – but produces most heavily with the fruit ripening and colouring up in early winter. It has flowers and fruit year round at the same time. It\u00a0tends to\u00a0drop a lot of leaves and be fairly thinly bushy so can look a bit like it’s got health problems all the time.\u00a0It does not get too large – about 4 meters high at most – and it does not have a lot of thorns except when small and young. It is a great ‘backyard’ tree to have when you want to be able to walk out your door and grab a lemon to use at any time of the year.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nLisbon is a large tree that is very thorny and produces more slowly but still very prolifically once the tree gets to a good size. It grows strongly and holds the fruit for a long time on it’s branches.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThey all taste different and it’s worth exploring the various flavours for different uses. For example I think a eureka juice will cut through a dish with butter\u00a0and other strong flavours or is ideal for sqeezing onto freshly steamed vegetable while a fragrant Lisbon is more suited to a subtle lemon meringue pie.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemon<\/a><\/p>\n
I had\u00a0to add this is what we did with the lemons…\u00a0lemon merangue pie…<\/p>\n
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- Eureka<\/strong>\u00a0– which is a small to average sized fruit with a thin rind and very lemony acidic flavour and smell overall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n