My first Santa Teresa lemon fruit

[Citradia]

I cut open my first Santa Teresa fruit today. It was very good. Put some juice in my tea. Maybe one day I’ll have enough for lemon curd or a pie.

[poncirsguy]

Very nice.  Are these slightly sweet low acid lemons.

[Oolie]

No, high acid. When established, the skin will be denser, but it does not tend towards leathery, it's a smooth textured skin and high acid lemon with strong fragrance, ideal for cooking and eating.

I very much enjoyed mine in piccata before the gophers found it.

[FruitGrower]

Nice looking fruit. Are there any notable differences between this and the Eureka lemon that would make this one worth adding to my collection?

[Citradia]

I don’t know Eureka lemon. This is my only true lemon. It’s leaves are very lemony fragrant when torn and the new leaves are a dark red color. Blooms continuously. I’m a fan.

[FruitGrower]

I don’t know Eureka lemon. This is my only true lemon. It’s leaves are very lemony fragrant when torn and the new leaves are a dark red color. Blooms continuously. I’m a fan.

Thank you.

[tedburn]

Nice fruits  , does it have normal lemon frosthardiness, or is it more frosthardy than normal lemons ?

[Citradia]

I assume it’s not very cold hardy but I don’t like having big potted trees in my house 8 months out of the year, so I decided to take a chance and put it in a portable greenhouse last winter and treated it like my other hardy citrus that are in ground using two water barrels and two small 250 watt space heaters regulated by thermo cube, and it did fine even overwintered this fruit without damage. However, it was a very warm winter I think only getting to 14 degrees F in mid March. If I am supposed to go to single digits I will probably freak out and dolly cart it into the living room.

[tedburn]

Thank you, very good and flexible concept 👍

[Citradia]

You’re welcome