Out of lemon flowers on the moonlight, love’s lashed and
insatiable sodden with fragrance, the lemon tree’s yellow This
lemon cultivar is a chance development on a farm in Hagerstown,
Maryland. In about 1887 George Bowman found this cultivar, a
hybrid of a citron and lemon, but it was not introduced or named
until 1900. The original lemon is believed to have originated in
India, but the exact place is difficult to know since this tree
has followed man as he explored and settled new areas around the
world. The lemon was taken with Christopher Columbus to
Hispaniola in 1493, and the Spanish were credited with its early
introduction to St Augustine, Florida. This relatively small
evergreen tree (only 12-24 ft tall at full growth) has thorns,
like so many other citrus relatives, and produces flowers year
round. This constant flower production means you are likely to
see flowers, and fruit (at any stage of growth) growing on the
tree at the same time. These fruit on the Ponderosa Lemon are
similar in appearance to