Lemon Tree descend into two canonic categories : unfeigned lemons and lemon yellow hybrids . True Citrus limon are known as Citrus limon or Citrus x limon and include the two most democratic types of lemons , Eureka and Lisbon . Lemon hybrids are lemon that have been baffle with another citrus such as an orange or lime . Lemons are typically turn outside in USDA Zones 8 to 11 and indoors as a container plant in cold areas .

Lisbon and Eureka

According to Sunkist.com , Lisbon and Eureka are so similar that " even the expert ca n’t always tell them apart . " Both produce medium - sized , yellow fruit . The pulp of both lemon is greenish - sensationalistic , fine grained , untoughened , with 10 segments and is very acidulous . They bear fruit all yr , but are more prolific in the winter , spring and summer .

However , there are some differences . Eureka lemons have a more textured skin , short neck and seeds . Eureka trees have an open arm structure with few thorns and are frost sensitive . Lisbon lemons are libertine , have a smoother pelt and more marked nipple , and are often seedless . Lisbon Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree are briary and resistive to moth-eaten , heat and wind . They also be given to produce yield clusters inside leaf canopy , which protect from the cold , while Eureka lemons grow in bunch that are unprotected .

Bearss

Bearss is considered similar to Lisbon lemons and is also a on-key lemon . It is fast - growing and very productive , more so than both Eureka and Lisbon . Its blooms are fragrant and will produce yield in the summertime and fall . yield tends to be acidic , flavorful and very voluptuous , with about six seed . It is the leading sort in Florida . Bearss trees are thorny , tender to the inhuman , and prone to scab , greasy post and oil spotting .

Villafranca

Another true lemon , Villafranca is similar to Eureka . Villafranca trees are large , thorny and have thick foliage . It was the go cultivar in Florida before it was replace by Bearss . It has two major pains ; one is everbearing while the other fruit more heavily in the summertime .

Meyer

Meyer lemons are a hybrid crown of thorns between a gamboge and either a mandarin orange or a regular orange . In fact , it resembles an orange in its shape and semblance . It has a thinner hide and is less acid and fresh taste then true lemon . It is also more cold tolerant than true lemons . Meyer lemon yellow trees are astray - spreading , small and relatively destitute of thorns . It is conceive everbearing , but yield more hard in the winter and saltation . It is subject to greasy spot and oil spotting .

Ponderosa

Ponderosa lemon tree trees are small and thorny with large leaves and slurred foliage . Its fruit are very big , pear - form , seedy and have a thick , jolting , yellow - colored peel . It is everbearing and more sensitive to the cold then true lemons . It is a democratic choice to grow indoors or as an ornamental plant . Ponderosa lemons seem to be a hybridisation between a lemon and a citron tree .

Rough

Rough lemons are similar to straight lemon , but are larger and have a bumpier skin and more seeds . It is often used as a rhizome for other citrus . Rough maize tree are declamatory with plenty of thorns . New maturation tend to be tinged with red while the flowers and buds are reddish - purple . Fruit are medium - sized with a sunken nipple . Pulp is lemon - yellow , moderately risque with a medium battery-acid level and stinker odor .

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