DannyS1951 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Could anyone tell me what these are growing in the garden. I don't think they are pomelos. I was just told they were giant limes. A large lime shown in comparison. Thanks, Danny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Looks like a standard lemon to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyS1951 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 They are a bit big and the wrong shape though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, DannyS1951 said: They are a bit big and the wrong shape though. See lemons here (in Australia) like them all the time off my sisters lemon tree and at work (during various seasons people bring in bags of excess fruit etc. they have produced for people to help themselves to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyS1951 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 This is what I think of as a lemon. From this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon The larger of the two in my picture weighs in at 850 grams while the other is 750 grams. They are the size of a grapefruit but I don't think that is what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, DannyS1951 said: This is what I think of as a lemon. Mainly because of where and when we grew up though. Supermarkets want fruit and veg to be "pretty" and reject those that aren't. Bit of a fight back was started a couple of years ago due to food wastage: I was going to mention that some of the lemons colleagues brought in had me confused and caused some merriment when I asked if they where grapefruit due to the size and shape (what would I know, I'm a city boy 555). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyS1951 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 OK, last bit from me. The tree that these came from only has this oversize fruit. There are no normal size lemons on it, just these giants. I am trying to find out what sort of citrus fruit it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 They're almost certainly lemons. Cut one open and see. Many trees in Australia grow them like the ones pictured. Also grafted trees can produce fruit unlike the pretty ones some people believe all should be. I had a tree that produced both oranges and grapefruit because shoots from below the graft were allowed to grow to maturity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 hours ago, DannyS1951 said: Could anyone tell me what these are growing in the garden. I don't think they are pomelos. I was just told they were giant limes. A large lime shown in comparison. Thanks, Danny You should stop giving them energy drinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtreelove Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Rangpur lime? https://leafyplace.com/types-of-limes/#:~:text=Types%20of%20Limes%3A%20Varieties%20of%20Lime%20Fruit%20from,Limes.%205%20Calamansi%20Limes%20%28Philippine%20Limes%29%20More%20items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 They are known as มะนาวยักษ์ Mano-Yak, in Thai, I have a plant in the garden, brought it at an agriculture show in Bangkok ,my local plant woman has them for sale ,so does Lazada ,same size fruit as the op's. Photo from the show same plants as mine ,also mine have no pips . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyS1951 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 Thanks for all the suggestions, but I misdirected everyone with my question. I have pinned it down now. I should of applied the Occan's razor principle which is to go with the most obvious answer first;-) If it looks like a grapefruit, it probably is. They do take many months to turn yellow, but have eaten a half of one for breakfast there is no doubt in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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