r/mildlyinteresting • u/Own_Ad_409 • 1d ago

Giant lemon rinds on wife’s lemon tree

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u/ArtofWASD 1d ago

Sir... that is a Citron. Not a lemon.

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u/Electricfox5 1d ago

Where's the wheels then?

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u/DeuceSevin 16h ago

I was on vacation in Europe recently and I get this reference

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u/painterBurning 20h ago

This looks like what in french we call a "citron cedrat" (citron is lemon in french, cedrat is citron... that's funny/confusing...). They have a very thick rind, and you can make marmelade out of the rind and it's delicious (I made a few like 3 or 4 years ago and they were very good, it can be a bit bitter but if you soak the rind in cold water before it's less bitter).

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u/_solitarybraincell_ 23h ago

I'm sorry but that doesn't look like a weird little french hatchback to me

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u/leobutters 22h ago

Citroen

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 21h ago

There's an "E" in that one. And an accent on it, called "tréma".

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u/WetMonsterSmell 1d ago

Rough lemon, I'd bet, actually. Probably sprouting off the rootstock.

You can candy the peel like citron, though

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u/ComparisonUsual3356 20h ago

Etrog

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u/WetMonsterSmell 16h ago

isn't that the same as citron?

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u/Abject-Dingo4802 23h ago

Difference? In some languages citron is lemon

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u/budget_rare_plants 7h ago

Citron is an original, ancestral species, Citrus medica. Lemon (Citrus limon) is a natural hybrid between a Citron and a Bitter orange (Citrus x aurantium, which is a natural hybird between the Pomelo, Citrus maxima, and the Mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata). A Meyer lemon (Citrus x meyeri) is a natural hybrid of the lemon and Mandarin orange