Ok so my parents bought this house and planted 2 lemon trees. One of them was planted in 1976, the other in the early 90's. We have no records as to what type of lemon trees these are. The older one has produced fruit every year, year round, non-stop. It has been left unpruned for years at a time. I'm currently in the process of cleaning it up. The one thing that is extremely distinct about this tree is that the lemons produce a rind about 1" thick if the lemons are left hanging. I took some lemons down 2 weeks ago and cut them in half and there were seedlings inside some of the lemons. The tree is about 25' tall. Some of the lemons grow with a very pointed nipple and some of those ones curve almost like a bannana. There are none hanging like that currently. Now the younger tree produces sweeter fruit. It is a dwarf variety of some nature. Lemons are always round and the stump is really 3 branchs grown around each other. It produces fruit mainly in the winter. But it also has lemons in the summer. I live in Redondo Beach, CA. It doesn't get too cold nor to wet here. It's not too humid and always a nice temperature. I live about 2 miles from the coast so I do get a good breeze and have a great overcast sky almost every morning. On nice days it burns off and we get plenty of sun all year long. Anybody have an idea what I may own? The first 3 pictures are of the dwarf, the others are of the older tree. The older tree still has some flowers too. I found a lemon that's odd shaped as well, that is still hanging and is in the picture from the last one. Thanks, Michael
The small tree with round lemons is a Meyer Lemon. Meyer lemons are a cross between a lemon and an orange, therefore Meyer lemons are less acid and sweeter that true lemons. The taller tree is probably either a Lisbon lemon, or a Eureka lemon. Lisbon and Eureka lemons are the common lemons sold in supermarkets. Lisbon trees differ from Eureka in being a larger tree that are usually thorny. Eureka lemon trees are more or less thornless. Lisbon lemons tend to have larger nipples on the fruits styler end. In California, Lisbon and Eureka lemons are BY FAR the most commonly grown varieties. - Millet
