Interdonato

Variety of Lemon · Citrus x limon

The very early, elongated lemon – smooth-skinned, seedless and market leader at season start.

Also known as: Speciale

🇮🇹 Italy 1875

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Large, long, cylindrical fruit with smooth thin rind, moderately juicy acidic flesh and very few seeds.

Vigorous, thorny tree of Sicilian origin.

Ripens very early (autumn), among the first lemons to reach the market.

The dominant lemon cultivar in Turkey (Interdonato Limonu), also grown in Italy.

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