Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ranpur Limes



We discovered a few months ago that we are the proud owners of  Rangpur Lime tree. Up until then we were pretty sure we had a lime tree but the small green fruits kept producing brilliant orange flesh and then after a while, orange skins too. The Rangpur Lime  is a cross between a Mandarin and a Lime, with orangey looks but a super limey taste. I recently picked the last of this year's crop and took photos - believe what you see, it is indeed a lime! Our tree was until 2 years ago trapped between the garage and a garden shed which was butting up against it the garage. Our crops aren't huge, but good enough for now and growing each year as the tree revives. It still grows next to the garage but the shed has moved away a little and we now walk under the arching branches of it as we walk in to our vegetable garden.

1 comment:

  1. Oh my God. heaven. Truly. There is nthing to me like a citrus tree...and this is a fusion of the two most beautiful --limes plus mandarins. Unreal. Lucky you! xx

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