Originally Posted by RobCarden
i've just posted this as a reply on rsoc but i'd thought i'd share her words of wisdom here....
she also said, on seeing a lemon tree/bush on holiday with ripe and un ripe lemons on.....
is that a lemon and lime tree?
Well you're the one looking a muppet now, as lemon and lime trees exist, they graft them together...
You can also have lemon and orange trees combined...
Looks like she wasnt the blonde one, and if she was on holiday in seville or another part of spain its likely it was a lemon and lime tree...
"As citrus trees (An organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species) hybridize very readily (e.g., seeds grown from limes can produce fruit similar to grapefruit), all commercial citrus cultivation uses trees produced by ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient) grafting the desired fruiting (A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation) cultivars onto rootstocks selected for disease resistance and hardiness."