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Meyer Lemon
The Meyer lemon is a hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin orange.
It is popular for its
rich, floral fragrant zest and very sweet juice.
The fruit is medium-sized and thin-skinned
with a bright yellow rind.
The Meyer lemon is named by the man who introduced it to the US in 1908, Frank Nicholas Meyer, who was an employee of the Department of Agriculture. He discovered this lemon variety near Peking, China, while he was a trip and collected a sample then brought it back to the US.
lThe majority of Meyer lemons in the US are now produced in the Central Valley (from
Shasta County to Kern County) as well as
Monterey and Ventura counties. Trees in
the coastal areas produce
fruit year-round, but the heaviest harvest is form May
through July. San Diego County still accounts for over 14,650 acres devoted to citrus.
Pears
1California also ranks number one in Bartlett pear production generating 40
percent of the nation’s Bartlett crop; it also produces 25 percent of all pears grown
in the US. California pears are grown in two primary growing regions on approximately
12,000 acres. The regions are divided into “early” and “late” districts based on
the timing of the harvest.
· The early district, called “River Pears,” spans the Upper Sacramento Valley of Sutter and Yuba counties and along the Sacramento River Delta in the counties of Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo, Solano and Contra Costa. The early district produces 135,000 tons, about two-thirds of California’s annual pear crop.
· The late district, called “Mountain Pears,” spans Mendocino, Lake and El Dorado counties.
1Source: California Pear Advisory Board “Commodity Fact Sheet on Pears” www.cfaitc.org
Panoramic view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands in California.
