Lemon Capital of the World
The title of Lemon Capital of the World has been give to these places, for growing large amounts of lemons:
- South Riverside Land and Water Company now Corona, California. (1887 to 1980s).[1][2][3][4]
- Chula Vista, California (1888 to present) [5][6]
- Ventura County, California (1938 to present)[7]
- Santa Paula, California (1938 to present) also called Citrus Capital of the World[8]
- Saticoy, California (1938 to present) [9][10]
- Florida[11][12]
- Mexico[13]
- India[14]
Lemons need a minimum temperature of around 7 °C (45 °F), so the list is all places with mild winters.
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Variegated pink lemon
References[edit]
- ^ "The History That Inspired the #CoronaCitrusChallenge". April 3, 2015.
- ^ "Corona, California, Citrus Industry Heritage.:: Corona Historic Preservation Society". www.corona-history.org.
- ^ "The history of citrus in California". California Bountiful.
- ^ History Of Riverside County California, By Elmer Wallace Holmes, page 201
- ^ seecalifornia.com, Chula Vista, California Lemon Festival
- ^ "All about lemons in Chula Vista". San Diego Union-Tribune. August 8, 2016.
- ^ A Life Of Lemons: Founder Of One Of The World's Largest Citrus Farms' Granddaughter On Pivoting In The Pandemic And Growing Up Farming In Ventura County, KCLU, By Caroline Feraday, October 1, 2021, kclu.org
- ^ [https://spcity.org/156/About-Us City of Santa Paula, about us'
- ^ "Saticoy Lemon". saticoylemon.com.
- ^ "In the Land of Lemons : Agriculture: The largest grower of the county's biggest crop turns 100. Farms of all sizes are optimistic about the future". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 1993.
- ^ "Lemons in Florida: Something New Under the Sun?". Citrus Industry Magazine. August 6, 2018.
- ^ Chaires, Peter (August 22, 2017). "More Florida Citrus Producers Pondering the Lemon Pledge".
- ^ "Mexico is the leading lemon and lime producer and exporter". www.freshplaza.com.
- ^ "The Leading Producers Of Lemons In The World". WorldAtlas.