I am interested in this too. I have a New Zealand lemonade tree. I hope and have reason to believe it is one of the best.

As I read more on subject. See it described as flavorless, meaning it's just not sour, rather than being truly sweet. Maybe I should just make lemonade from my Lisbon and add stevia

You are going to need a couple of tons of stevia.

Lemonade is the only non flavorless sweet lemon. Please read some articles from Australia. That's where it comes from. Here other lemons have been called lemonade lemons but it's not the same variety as New Zealand lemonade.

IMHO ... okay, not so humble, there is no better lemon than Meyer for whatever food or drink you want to make. Today in Berlin, at the Fruit Logistica expo (largest of the year in Europe), a famous chef, on seeing our Meyer lemons told the media, "When I can get Meyers, I don't even CONSIDER any other lemon in any of my kitchens". Of course I know close to nothing about limes; everyone here knows I am a one trick pony.

Wow that expo sounds fun, what is the fruit everyone is buzzing about this year?

Your not gonna eat a Meyer out of hand. You can a lemonade.

he asked for the sweetest lemon. That's not Meyer.

I couldn't find a place to get Lemonade. Plus I live in TX so must buy local.

Can you graft? You can get budwood

Texas seller of lemonade trees

http://www.panzarellacitrus.com

Hobby,

The fruit they will be buzzing about, as usual is the Meyer lemon; last year everyone was walking around sucking on the peels and telling each other they are not bitter.

Pardon my language but this isn't a dick sizing competition. He specifically asked for the sweetest lemon. With all due respect how about helping to answer his question honestly instead of pushing your favorite that doesn't fit what he's asking for.

OMG I was just talking t jo panzarella, will contact him right away, tks,

@johnmerr, I'm wondering if predilection for Meyer is a regional thing. It is popular in TX b/c easy to grow w/o much knowledge or effort but as far citrus flavor, hot or cold hardiness, there are many other citruses IMO that people lust after in my neck of the woods.

Pip I have grafting tools but have never tried.

Meyer lemons make the best limoncello! :-)

Some articles I've read say Meyer limoncello is sub par to Santa Teresa or other feminello lemons.

I have no first hand experience.

here is the article I read

http://www.califcitrusspecialties.com/lemons_femminello.htm

I do put down the Meyer a lot so let me say it probably is the best multi use lemon. I just don't think it quite excels enough to be the best at any particular use. For one lemon tree it's probably the best choice. I went a different route. I got a regular lemon for regular uses, a sweet lemon because the idea of the lemonade lemon is to unique not to have and will order a Santa Teresa in spring for an Italian high oil lemon.

"I have no first hand experience"... of that I am sure. We produce a product called Mayancello, (limoncello made with fresh Meyer lemons); it is a rave product.

Pip, regarding your "sizing" comment, which I find offensive, if not completely out of order for this forum, the OP asked about "lemon"; and usually when people ask about a "sweet" lemon, they don't really want "sweet". There are a number of "sweet" lemons which almost no one likes because they are insipid.

I am confident here that I can express my opinions without fear of criticism; that is what forums (fora) are for. I am quite sure that most here are aware of my prejudice for Meyers; but it springs from many years of experience with many varieties.

I said sweet lime or lemon and I mean one that can be eaten like an orange. As I stated previously, when I started reading about "sweet" lemons or limes, most were described as not sour but flavorless. Don't want that.

again. Citrus preference must be regional. The reason I planted a Lisbon lemon was b/c my research said it was the best for limoncello. Now I see here that you can make something equally good with Meyers,

@steve, how long have you had your Lemonade?

He's had it since the summer, maybe July. I gave him the tree.

John, you tried to speak for the op and put words in his mouth, now that he said again he wants a SWEET lemon how about not shoving Meyer down his throat? It's not cool to ignore his wishes and recommend something he's not asking for.

does Meyer make a nice limoncello? It probably does. That doesn't mean it isn't sub par to real limoncello made with real Italian lemons. Limoncello is an Italian drink it only makes sense that an Italian lemon not a Chinese one would be preferred.

again I'm sure Meyer is the best all around tree, good at everything and best at nothing. If you want one tree that's it. If you want a real "sweet" lemon it's New Zealand lemonade and if you want the best sour lemon it's probably going to be one of the Italian varieties.

Proverbs 18:2

Is that what your doing? Refusing to understand what he is asking and only airing your biased opinion? Cool thanks for admitting it. In the couple years I've been here you have never admitted that any other lemon is good for anything. Not once.

how about we get back on topic and recommend good SWEET lemons and limes?

Back on topic, Mary Ellen sweet lime seems to have the best reviews but no acid less lime is universally loved. Some just don't like the acidlessness, even after seeking it out.

As far as lemonade. Little secret, ripetoyou.com will have some for sale any week now. Fruit not trees. I can't wait to order some and I hope to god it is as good as people say.

What do you use the sweet lime and sweet leomon for? To eat the flesh?

I have never tried a sweet lemon, but I have tried the sweet mexican lime and the palestinian, and to my buds, other than the name, they are not sweet at all. The are some what insipid,. My mom has a large tree in her garden, but noone collects the fruit. I live in Guatemala and they are farely common, people do lemonade and it is used for cooking, and some people eath the flesh...to me they are Tasteless. I have never heard of sweet lemon, interesting... So many citrus varieties in the world, I just wish I would have access to them. Thanks to a very generous friend in this forum I have a meyer lemon and a kumquat, but other than that the varieties I have are just persian lime, mexican lime, sour orange, mandarin, yen ben lemon variegated eureka and calamondin.

In my next trip to the middle east will be in the look out for a sweet lemon. Sorry cannot tell you which is the sweetest.

My favorite sweet lemons are lemonade, lemon drop (lemon x kumquat cross), and Meyer lemon. All juicy and refreshing. The first two tasted just like lemonade, while the Meyers I had tasted more like slightly sour oranges, but I still ate them out of hand. I don't think I could eat more than two in one sitting though.

Lemon drop sounds awesome! Never heard of that. Are the fruits small?

Diveal.,I want it for juicing w/o having to add sweetener,. In my travels abroad I've had fresh juice that tasted like lemonade but w/o sugar. The restaurant had one of the large juice squeezing machines and it was prepared In front of me w/o additives. I know it was naturally sweet. Asked waiters, manager about fruit and they looked at me as if crazy, asking such a question. Lol.

Ill ck out the ripe to you site. Interesting about Italian vs another lemon for limoncello. But wouldn't that be like saying filet mignon from USA better than filet m. From Argentina or Japan. Good cultural practices are good cultural practices, no?

im sure you all are the same in that as gardening real estate becomes more limited you get really picky about what is "worthy" in your garden. I have a Meyers, eureka, mex lime. Lisbon. Can only get one more

No, not really the same. I didn't mean a lemon actually from Italy I'm talking about Italian varieties.

its more like filet from a angus vs a filet from a waygu.

you already have 3 lemons? Are you open to chopping down any? It's always personal choice but with the great pomelo varieties, mandarin varieties, blood orange varieties and others it seems kind of a waste to only have lemons and limes. Unless you really like lemons and limes.

Hobby, yes the fruits are on the small size, kind of the size of golf balls or slightly larger.

Mature meyer lemons are the sweetest I've ever had. I used to have a tree & the fruits that stayed on the tree until they darkened to a more orange-y color were the sweetest, early harvested fruits were much more sour.

Limes are always more sour than lemons IME - isn't that the point? Key or Mexican limes do seem the tangiest, tho, again, IME.

Carol, interesting about overripe Meyers being sweet.

Pip, I do have pommelo, oranges, satsumas and grapefruit. I planted lemons and limes first when my first priority was cold hardiness. As I learned more My selections have been more thoughtful. I could remove the Mex lime in a pinch

When I bought Meyer lemons at Whole Foods (for limoncello) the gal at the register rang them up as oranges (because they really looked like oranges in color, size and shape) until I corrected her that they were actually lemons. I should have kept my mouth shut because the lemons cost more than the oranges. :-)

I had to laugh over the filet mignon comparison because in France filet mignon is pork.

The Ujukitsu fruit tastes 100% like good quality, sweet/tart lemonade when harvested fully ripe. It only lacks some mint leaf added flavor to be perfect. John Panzarella sells these plants also. The fruit can hang on the tree a good while w/o deteriorating.

Pip. No need to get all bent out of shape. Honestly the way you communicate on this site has ran a few people off.

Besides the Ujukitsu growing here, which is where I acquired the opinion expressed above, I also have a mature Sunquat tree. It's ripe fruit are the size of duck eggs and can be enjoyed eating fresh. They are supposed to be from 50% Meyer and 50% sweet kumquat, and the peeling is edible, but not as enjoyable as the peeling from a Meiwa kumquat. I can eat several in a row w/o any acid burn such as one could get from eating one Meyer. The Sunquat has very good cold hardiness also. The sweetness is good, but not as much as the Ujukitsu. You might say that the Sunquat taste is about halfway between the Meyer and Ujukitsu......Other than that, I wish that the pip character would have enough good intention and self control to become a friendly, helpful contributor....rather than the very sour/acidic/unsweet bully that is on display when reading some of the typings above. Sincerely.

I know I'm the bad guy because I actually tried to answer the op's question instead of shoving Meyer down his/her throat.

im not bent out of shape, in fact I find it hilarious that everyone's like pip is so mean or whatever. Dude asked a question. I tried to answer it. Someone else suggested something that wasn't asked for. No big deal. Then he kept pushing it over and over knowing it wasn't what the op asked for. Oh you want a sweet lemon, how about this sour one? No? Oh come on you don't know what you want.

I find that far more rude than anything I said. In fact I started off nice saying that he specifically asked for a SWEET lemon.

I believe that both the Bloomsweet and Sanboken lemons have some degree of sweetness. I have eaten nether of either so I don't know. Pip you and I will be finding out how our New Zealand lemonades taste soon. I have eaten a Millsweet lemon and it was very delicious. I tasted like a lemon with out the acid or sugar. I am known for liking fruit will little flavor on the sour/sweet side.

I'm ordering fruit from that website as soon as it's up. I'm too excited to wait.

Taste as you know is very subjective. I personally find my meyer pretty sweet when fully ripe. In fact I eat them like an orange or mandarin. Are they as sweet as those of course not but mine is not sour like a eureka.

I thought Bloomsweet was a grapefruit. I have tasted BS and as a gf it is divine and I have bought a tree I will be planting in March. I also bought the NZ lemonade but nervous about it B/c I did not taste the fruit first. With limited real estate, it wasn't wise to do but I'll just hv to cross my fingers. Was afraid it would sell out. The ujukitsu was also available. 3 gal $39

Yes and no. The Bloomsweet trees planted here have regularly produced good loads of lemon-flavored fruit over the years. It seems to be a g/f that thinks it's role in life is to package lemon juice into easily-separated segments filled with individual cells that don't easily give up the enclosed juice w/o being chewed. It is pretty hard to get any juice to drip when eating them, unlike the Meyer lemon which is more like a water balloon when punctured. You peel them by hand like a thick-peeled Satsuma. The Bloomsweet flavor starts out mildly sweet when eating but does have a subsequent sour aftertaste a minute or so later. Mature trees do have good cold hardiness. The bonus is when fruit are pulled off the tree and left inside that the incredibly sweet/fruity aroma will make the whole area smell SO GOOD as the fruit peeling dehydrates slowly over weeks. I have parked a box of them in the unheated garage for a couple months during Winter and the fruit kept very well as well as made the garage smell wonderful.

Lemonade is all the rave in Australia. I'm nervous too but so many people say good things. In fact I haven't read a bad review.

L-R. Bloomsweet, NZ Lemonade. Come on March 1. I'm excited!

Just so you know lemonade likes to make black branches and it's not a disease or other illness.

Noted

My new Zealand lemonade trees are in full bloom. Hopefully, I'll have some more fruit this year! The few I had last fall weren't fully ripe when I tasted them...I couldn't wait...but they were good nonetheless.

Did you eat or juice?

I peeled and ate them like an orange. There was no tartness and tasted like mild lemonade. I'm sure they will be even better once fully ripened.