Great-Tical t1_j21hk9o wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:45 PM Reply to comment by evclides in TIL that Persian limes, the fruit that most Americans and Europeans know as simply “limes” are actually a hybrid of lemons and real limes, what we call “Key limes” today by evclides A majority of his orchards were uprooted during Prohibition. Some cideries are trying to bring back some of his hybrids. Permalink Parent 7
Great-Tical t1_j21hk9o wrote
Reply to comment by evclides in TIL that Persian limes, the fruit that most Americans and Europeans know as simply “limes” are actually a hybrid of lemons and real limes, what we call “Key limes” today by evclides
A majority of his orchards were uprooted during Prohibition. Some cideries are trying to bring back some of his hybrids.