Verna

Variety of Lemon · Citrus x limon

Spain's late summer lemon – large, thick-skinned fruit extending the season into summer.

Also known as: Berna

🇪🇸 Spain 1900

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, elongated fruit with a distinct neck and nipple, thick often coarse rind, moderately juicy very acidic flesh and few to no seeds.

Vigorous, upright tree with few thorns, well adapted to the Spanish Mediterranean climate.

Two crops: a main spring harvest plus a second summer crop ('rebrote'/Verdelli).

Alongside 'Fino' Spain's most important commercial lemon and the key cultivar for the late market window.

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