Variegated pink lemon

Lemon cultivar
Variegated pink lemon
Variegated pink lemon in the Linnean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden
SpeciesCitrus × limon
CultivarCitrus limon 'Variegated Pink'
OriginBurbank, California

The variegated pink lemon, also called the variegated Eureka lemon, or pink-fleshed Eureka lemon is a cultivar of lemon (Citrus × limon) with unique pink flesh, a green-striped rind when ripening, and variegated foliage. It was discovered as a sport on an ordinary Eureka lemon tree in Burbank, California, in 1931.[1]

References

  1. ^ Citrus Pages, retrieved 6 December 2016

External links

  • Variegated pink at the Citrus Variety Collection
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