This lemon, named Four Seasons, an “agrume” was recommended to me by friends who live in Italy. It is remarkable living in two zones warmer to see the rapidity of growth in all six of my fruit trees, but this specific lemon is remarkable! Each flower is in very large clusters, up to fifteen lemons to a cluster. Not all will hand on and for size I will also remove many. I will see if it lives up to its name. It almost grows before my eyes! And on another quick topic, my calville blanc d’hiver apple is starting to blossom. My plums did that when they were young (in RI).
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I cannot find a specific lemon with that name. I found that “agrume” means any sour fruit in Italian. Where did you get it?
We have it here too. It’s the lemon that produce lemons during all year. It’s basically a juice lemon.
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France
Search for this to find a few links. lemon ‘Quatre Saisons’
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By the way there are a four seasons orange too…
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Thats it !
I Googled ‘Quatre Saisons’ and found that it is Eureka lemon. These are the type sold in grocery stores.
‘Four Seasons’ lemon is just a name given to many different Italian lemon varieties, that can be tricked in to cropping all 4 of the seasons, based upon what you said in a different thread, this variety’s English name is ‘Lunario’ lemon, apparently in ‘Provence France’ they spell it ‘Lunaria’, even the ‘Sfusato Amalfitano’ of the Amalfi coast is considered a ‘Four Seasons’ lemon.
Hi Mine is not Lunaria.
In the U.S. that is pretty much all we use lemons for.
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Originally from California and grown from seeds that came from the Italian Citrus limon “Lunario” cultivar, the Eureka Lemon Tree (Citrus limon “Eureka”) is a true lemon tree that bears fruit and flowers all throughout the year. Therefore, the Eureka lemon is also called the ‘Four Seasons’ (Quatre Saisons). This lemon tree is exactly what you need to keep a constant supply of healthy and juicy fruit.
That was the first reference I found on that variety. There are many suppliers of the tree and I know nothing of the quality of the nurseries that sell citrus.
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Yes, that looks exactly like it, this is the only place that I could find a decent photo, from someone that seems to know what they are selling for sure, whomever it is has a large collection of Italian citrus, follow the link to see what I mean
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The four seasons lemon it originally from Italy. Two varieties are mainly from the Amalfi coast (where I spend my summers) and not california. I believe you are thinking of Meyer lemons. Our version of the Eureka lemon here is called Panache. It is varigated and part grapefruit. The flesh inside is pink. That lemon is never called Four Seasons. The Panache lemon has two seasons here, spring and fall.
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Yes, you are right that Is Lunario, mine is not that lemon. Yours is lumpy and elogated. Mine is not.
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In the USA, there are many different lemons considered ‘Eureka’, I find the topic of what ‘Eureka’ is really like to be a confusing topic.
It would be nice to actually see ripe lemons from your ‘Lunario’ tree.
If what I posted is correct, the Eureka lemon in the states is not part grapefruit and appears to be the only available 4 season lemon stateside and maybe a close relative of your own tree. I thought that might be useful to those growing fruit in the U.S.
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The Eureka lemon is popular in Australia. It is very similar to a Lisbon and can fruit throughout the year. This website says it originates from Sicily, Italy. Eureka Lemon
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As I am sure you know, there are plenty of sports of the ‘Eureka’ lemon, and they are considered improved ‘Eurekas’, I do suspect that in Europe the sports get passed off as the real thing sometimes, although I do suspect that happens in the USA as well some of the time.
There is a ‘Eureka’ sport called ‘Variegated Pink Eureka’ Lemon, although that has no grapefruit as far as I can tell. @mrsg47
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