Post #120720 by Gigantalope on Wed, Oct 20, 2004 10:28 PM

Good work...well done, top marks to you.

Limes are funny things, and like most citrus, especially seedless ones, they have been cross grafted for so many generations the fruit of any citrus (except lemon) is seldom what would sprout from a seed from that fruit.

Of seedless limes for example the seed from 10,000 limes sprouted (seedless by USDA Definition is having less than 7 seeds) would yield less than a dozen lime bearing plants...they would moslty be lemon, oranges, and other various citrus plants...

Oranges as we know them have only existed a short time. Until very recently they were so sour they were almost inedible and more like limes than what we are use to now. They were collected for smell, and to use in cleaning.

There is a area in China where there is a mutated orange variety which tastes like Cream. It's one of the rarest and most expencive fruit on earth. Converlsy if cattle get into an orange field, they will gorge, and thier milk will need to be thrown away because it tastes like orange.