Improved Meyer Lemon and Ponderosa Lemon
The Improved Meyer lemon and Ponderosa lemon are perfect choices for containers.
Improved Meyer Lemon
The Improved Meyer lemon is a hybrid of sweet orange or mandarin with lemon. This plant can withstand more cold than the true lemon.
This version of Meyer lemon differs from the original by having more disease resistance to viruses and diseases. This plant is propagated on a rootstock that is free of diseases.
The Improved Meyer lemon is a small to medium sized, relatively vigorous tree with a spreading growth habit. Bear in mind that this plant isn’t dwarf if it is grown on its own roots.
However, there is a dwarfing rootstock that will keep the Improved Meyer lemon dwarf. Otherwise, it can reach twelve feet or so eventually. Those grown on a dwarfing rootstock are recommended for containers.
This plant has few thorns. The plant pretty much bears flowers and fruits almost year-round. This plant is hardy and very productive. The Improved Meyer lemon plant begins bearing at a very young age.
These Meyer lemons are less acid than true lemons. Both the peel and flesh have a slightly sweeter taste than true lemons. In addition, the juice is less acid than that of a true lemon.
The fruits of the Improved Meyer lemon have pale yellow-orange flesh rather than the pastel yellow-green seen in the true lemons.
Ponderosa Lemon
Ponderosa lemon is also called American Wonder. It is believed to be a hybrid of
lemon and citron. This plant is a small tree. A novelty plant, this is naturally dwarf.
This plant is a perfect choice for containers. When grown in pots, it is usually only four to six feet in height. This thorny tree is not as hardy as the true lemon.
It makes a great house plant. Ponderosa lemon is an angular branching, rounded plant. It isn’t very cold tolerant. The large, widely spaced leaves are four inches in length.
Ponderosa lemon can pretty much bloom year-round. However, the main crop of fruits will usually be during the winter months. This plant begins bearing fruits at a very young age.
This bears very large lemons with a thick, rough, fleshy skin. The fruits are 4 ½ inches in diameter. These fruits last very well on the tree.
These lemons are about the size of a grapefruit. They can weigh up to two pounds. These fruits happen to be very seedy and juicy.
The skin ripens to yellow-orange. Ponderosa lemons have a mild acid lemon flavor. Both the fruit and the tree are very ornamental.
These fruits can be used as a substitute for true lemons even though their edibility qualities don’t rank as highly as that of the true lemons.
Improved Meyer Lemon
The Improved Meyer lemon is a hybrid of sweet orange or mandarin with lemon. This plant can withstand more cold than the true lemon.
This version of Meyer lemon differs from the original by having more disease resistance to viruses and diseases. This plant is propagated on a rootstock that is free of diseases.
The Improved Meyer lemon is a small to medium sized, relatively vigorous tree with a spreading growth habit. Bear in mind that this plant isn’t dwarf if it is grown on its own roots.
However, there is a dwarfing rootstock that will keep the Improved Meyer lemon dwarf. Otherwise, it can reach twelve feet or so eventually. Those grown on a dwarfing rootstock are recommended for containers.
This plant has few thorns. The plant pretty much bears flowers and fruits almost year-round. This plant is hardy and very productive. The Improved Meyer lemon plant begins bearing at a very young age.
These Meyer lemons are less acid than true lemons. Both the peel and flesh have a slightly sweeter taste than true lemons. In addition, the juice is less acid than that of a true lemon.
The fruits of the Improved Meyer lemon have pale yellow-orange flesh rather than the pastel yellow-green seen in the true lemons.
Ponderosa Lemon
Ponderosa lemon is also called American Wonder. It is believed to be a hybrid of
lemon and citron. This plant is a small tree. A novelty plant, this is naturally dwarf.
This plant is a perfect choice for containers. When grown in pots, it is usually only four to six feet in height. This thorny tree is not as hardy as the true lemon.
It makes a great house plant. Ponderosa lemon is an angular branching, rounded plant. It isn’t very cold tolerant. The large, widely spaced leaves are four inches in length.
Ponderosa lemon can pretty much bloom year-round. However, the main crop of fruits will usually be during the winter months. This plant begins bearing fruits at a very young age.
This bears very large lemons with a thick, rough, fleshy skin. The fruits are 4 ½ inches in diameter. These fruits last very well on the tree.
These lemons are about the size of a grapefruit. They can weigh up to two pounds. These fruits happen to be very seedy and juicy.
The skin ripens to yellow-orange. Ponderosa lemons have a mild acid lemon flavor. Both the fruit and the tree are very ornamental.
These fruits can be used as a substitute for true lemons even though their edibility qualities don’t rank as highly as that of the true lemons.
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