This is the Meyer Lemon tree in our back yard. I didn't get a picture of it before our Master Gardner aggressively pruned it a couple of days ago, but it is about 6 feet tall as shown here. This year it had a very heavy crop of beautiful fruit
These are ripening in an upstairs room after we picked them on Nov. 14.
And here are some of them on Nov. 22 when we decided to try our hand at some Meyer Lemon Marmalade.
The fruit tree is often grown in China in pots as an ornamental. It became popular in the US in the '90's when Martha Stewart and some famous chefs began to feature the fruit in their recipes.
It is thought to have originated as a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange and was brought to the US in the early 1900's.
It set up very nicely, and as to taste... well.. we will be making another batch. Not amazing, but enjoyable to us at least.
The Recipe we used is HERE on our Dropbox
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