Talk:Lemon

Non-culinary uses - Wood Treatment

At a cursory glance it would appear that lemon oil (from a lemon) can be used for wood treatment. It isn't until you actually read the whole description that you realise that it is an entirely different substance all together - surely this should be removed from the 'uses' section altogether and mentioned as a possible source of confusion somewhere else? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.199.56 (talk) 14:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Lemon antiquity

first mentioned in the book of Nabathae on agriculture in the third or fourth century This is being widely quoted through google from Wikipedia. Are these Nabataeans? This reference is garbled. Any sources for the history of lemons? Wetman 09:59, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Might even be flat-out wrong. Some sources [1] claim that the lemon *was* known to the ancient Romans, and possibly the Greeks as well. --Delirium 10:06, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)

I have removed this line. Nabathae is a French form for 'Nabataeans', as used by Gustave Flaubert in his Cathaginian historic novel, Salammbo. There is no Nabataean book on agriculture of any century. Wetman 16:58, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Editing Archery, I noticed there's no entry for lemon trees or the wood. There's not much here either. --blades 23:22, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

An anon appears to have removed interwikis and some other stuff in a fit of undetected vandalism. I think I have re-incorporated everything, but may have missed something that was added later. If so, my apologies. Also, I re-removed the bit about Nabathae, because of the above convo - I didn't see anything in the history that made me think it was proven correct, and there seems to be significant doubts, and nothing here. I don't know if Wetman never actually removed it like he says he did, or if someone re-added it. If it is correct, please supply some verification. Tuf-Kat 03:59, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)

There's this comment in the text: One unusual use of lemon juice is as the main ingredient of an oil substitute for cars. Was the writer thinking of limonene, perhaps? That might fit the bill better, though there's not much found in the juice, it's mostly in the lemon rind. Malcolm Farmer 09:09, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've removed above sentence, lemon juice is essentially water and therefore can't be the main part of any fuel.

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The current reference to lemons at Pompei probably contradicts the idea that the Arabs first knew of it in the 10th C. It's hardly likely to have reached Rome without going through Arab lands.. Leaving it for someone else to sort out. Imc 21:16, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Comment. Written descriptions do not mean it was unknown before that time.

Hybrid?

This article states that lemons are a hybrid but of what is that what the (Citrus x Limon) is in the beginning? If so, perhaps we could place it after we state that it is a hybrid, as an apposition w/ commas.

Yeah, there is very little about the plant itself, this article seems to just be about the fruit. ErikHaugen (talk) 15:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Please follow Wikipedia article on Citron and Etrog and the references linked to there, and you'l have everything clear. You may copy the information and enrich the Lemon article too. CitricAsset (talk) 18:11, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Bad example

Lemon batteries are particularly weak. They can not be used to light light bulbs or run motors unless a large number of lemons a connected in an array. See:[2], [3] and [4]. --Martyman-(talk) 04:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Lemon juice alkaline?

The article claims that lemon juice is alkaline. Is this correct? Perhaps what was meant is that it is less acidic than gastric juices? Jorge Stolfi 22:34, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I've read that lemon juice is an acid, but it alkalines in the body when ingested.

Growing lemons

Does anyone know where it is possible to grow lemon trees in the US? (Excluding greenhouses) It doesn't say in the article. Evan Robidoux 23:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Go to any nursery site and see what zones the particular type of lemon you want to grow is hardy in. Despite the line in the main article about frost they seem to do very well in coastal Northern California where frost is not severe but not uncommon. Bob Palin 15:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I want to know that when you put the juice of lemon into a polysterine cup it doesn't errode it BUT when you add grated peel it errodes???

(sexesaz001@live.co.uk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.171.129.79 (talk) 12:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

vandalism attributed to 69.153.177.2. I deleted it. 64.253.101.78 21:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

can a lemon be used as a battery

I'm pretty sure it is. A battery is simply 2 different types of metal in an acid and lemons contain citric acid. All you have to do is stick two different pieces of metal with wires on into the lemon and you might be able to light up the bulb. --βjweþþ (talk) 21:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Correct. Zinc in one and copper in the other works well. StuRat 22:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, electrolyte has some info. A galvanic cell just needs two dissimilar metals and something to bridge the ions. Acids have extra ions of hydrogen, and Ph is actually a measurement of these hydrogen ions. Bases also have free ions (of -OH) as do salt solutions. The electricity doesn't originate in the lemon. Instead, a lemon allows the two reactions to happen that cause the difference in potential accross the two metals. 216.114.134.44 01:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

The lemon_battery article says a lemon can't power a lightbulb. Should the article be changed to reflect this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.237.198.107 (talk) 03:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Royal Navy fooled by lemons?!

Does anyone have a cite for this sentence: "The Royal Navy originally thought lemons were overripe limes which they resemble and their sailors became known as limeys, not lemonies."

While perhaps ignorant sailors *in* the Royal Navy might not understand that lemons were a different fruit than limes, it seems unlikely that the Royal Navy itself, which was making a point of using lemons for a public health purpose, wouldn't understand what lemons were. Thesmothete 01:59, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I find it very hard to believe that they would not recognise the difference. The way I heard it, they were using actual lime juice at one stage (not sure whether lime replaced lemon or vice versa) and that's why lime juice is in so many gin drinks eg gimlet. I guess it's possible that the lemon was discovered this way but without a reference we should remove it. Nick 03:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

What does this mean?

Under Description it starts with the sentence: "A lemon tree can grow to 6 an open crown." What does this mean? Something looks messed up here. Tyrel Haveman 00:04, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Parentage

Does anyone know what the parent taxa of C. limon are? This article ought to state them if they are known. SP-KP 00:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Lemon history

"the first unequivocal description of the lemon, is found in the early tenth-century Arabic treatise on farming by Qustus al-Rumi"

"More recent research has identified lemons in the ruins of Pompeii."

These statements would seem to be contradictory - what is the earliest identification of the lemon? Bob Palin 15:36, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• Al-Rumi described them, but the pompeiians had them.216.114.134.44 09:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

It's strange then that Pliny the older didn't know or just didn't write about them since he died because of the same eruption that destroied Pompei (as described by Pliny the younger). Plch 00:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Pompeii reference added. Fledgeling 14:50, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hybrid?

The lemon, Citrus × limon, is a citrus tree, a hybrid of cultivated origin. In what sense is the lemon a hybrid? Does anyone have a citation supporting this? drJock 20:00, 5 Mar 2006 (GMT)

Well, History says that it derives from the citron and mandarin, and "when and where this first occured is not known". Presumably genetic or chromosomal evidence? EdC 21:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Please

Can anybody please create Russian version of this article?--Nixer 00:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Wrestling

Lemon is a wrestler from Dublin, Ireland. He's not much good but he tries

"In food" headline

The section titled "In food" should maybe be renamed to "In food preparation" or something similar. Lemons themselves are a food, in a sense, and I think it's a little unclear. -Mkilly 03:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Good thinking. I'll go ahead and make the change. — TheKMan^talk 13:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)Bitch ass

New Image

Lemon

This is the image of lemons in Citrus. I think it might be more interesting than the illustration we have (admittedly, I don't like illustrations, so it might be a little biased). Nicholasink 19:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, the image is nice (and already included somewhere on the page), however, the illustration does a nice job of depicting the different parts of the plant. — TheKMan^talk 19:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Lemon Peel and D-limonene

I have read that lemon peel can be consumed (I have eaten it and suffered no ill effect) and has a substance in called D-limonene, which is believed to help protect against skin cancer. However, I believe that pile of the lime should never be eaten because it is poisonous. Can any one shed light on this, please?ACEO 19:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The zest of all citrus fruits are often used in cooking, and the pith is bitter but still edible. The article on limonene makes no mention of its effect on cancer, but it is what gives all citrus its strong scent. — TheKMan^talk 04:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

GA Failed

This article failed the GA nominees due to lack of references. See WP:CITE and WP:FOOT for more info. Tarret 12:52, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks i'll work on that. --Bjwebb (talk) 08:50, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Spanish translation

As I mentioned on talk:Lime (fruit), the Spanish translation of these two words has been unfortunately reversed. I'll fix the link, but this is how it should be:
lime = limón (smaller, green)
lemon = lima (larger, yellow)
Counterintuitive, I agree, but that's the way it is. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 21:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

References in general

Are the external links on this page meant to be references to any of the statements made in this article? Are any of the statements to be taken as factual - needs lots of citation. ex: "The juice, however, is not an effective antibiotic, as is commonly thought." This seems subjective without citation of reference with data to support this statement, &c.

The article failed a GA Nom (see above) for this reason. It seems to have been renominated, although this has not been addressed. There needs to be inline citations. The JPS^{talk to me} 13:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Cultivation, tree characteristics and Pompeii references added- these are in print. Im' the one who originally added that info. Fledgeling 14:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Done! Fledgeling 23:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Galery

I have cleaned up the gallery as i think 8 pics is enough and the meyer lemon is a hybrid. If anyone has any objections please say.--Bjwebb (talk) 18:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Failed GA again

This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of December 27, 2006 compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Pretty good, prose good, some sections (especially food preparation) a bit disorganized. 2. Factually accurate?: Inadequately sourced, needs greater verifiability 3. Broad in coverage?: Insufficient. Should have more material on health and nutrition, at least, as much as is spent on the lemon battery experiment. Not enough coverage of most important topics 4. Neutral point of view?: Acceptable 5. Article stability? Acceptable 6. Images?: Gallery isn't really needed and is repetitious. Best images can be incorporated into article, the rest aren't needed.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be resubmitted for consideration. Thanks for your work so far.

This article still is not up to Good article standards. It is well-enough written in terms of prose style, but is inadequately sourced, the gallery is rather unnecessary (the best photos should be incorporated into the article and the rest tossed), the "In food preparation" section is sort of a mishmash of recipe trivia that also incorporates health remedies and nutritional information--which are interesting sections that should be expanded and given their own heading (along with the nutritional chart). And why is there a whole heading on lemon batteries when there is no heading on the nutritional aspects of the lemon, a topic of far greater significance? Basically, this article is on its way to becoming a good article, it's "B" class at least, but it's not there yet. Sorry to turn you down twice, but this still needs work. Montanabw 20:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Strange Example

I removed the sentence, "Lemon juice is also sprinkled on body parts to prevent rashes which would otherwise rapidly darken the area, making it appear less appetizing."

• "Less appetizing?" Is this a use for lemons appealing to cannibals?
• I would have changed just that portion, but I don't understand the entry as a whole - lemon juice prevents rashes? What sort of rashes? Can it treat them after they've appeared, or only beforehand? Does it work on slowly-spreading rashes, or only those which "rapidly darken the area"?

I think a few things need to be cleaned up here before it belongs in the article. PaladinWhite 12:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Lemon Preparation For Market

As a young child, I vividly remember my uncle's citrus orchard which had oranges and lemons. I distinctly remember eating the lemons straight off the tree (Several a day!) and they were sweet and tangy and made a lemonade that was beyond belief, opposed to the lemons that are extraordinarily sour from the market. My mother tells me that this is due to packaging methods involving picking the lemons underripe, shipping, and carbon dioxide accelerated aging somewhere along the way. Any truth to this, and could this be worked into the article? 147.4.194.14 14:29, 15 May 2007 (UTC) A passing visitor

Well, I have a lemon tree in my backyard, and they're still incredibly sour right off the tree. Perhaps your uncle's orchard had a variety of lemons which were less sour than normal. Indeterminate 08:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Lemon oil as an insecticide

I thought I remembered hearing a local termite company advertising using lemon oil, so I was checking on here, but it turns out that the usual advertisements are for "Orange Oil" treatments. Since lemon and orange oil are both basically just D-limonene, I figured it would be helpful to add this usage as a non-culinary use. However, I forgot that I wasn't logged in when I added this little tidbit. If I'm wrong and you know it, feel free to let me know. Thanks. Indeterminate 08:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Lemon in Buddhism

I have failed to incorporate that lemons are one of the three holy fruits in Buddhism. It have gained this title because of it's medical properties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.179.68 (talk) 01:32, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

LEMON - another meaning

We have implemented an open source C++ library, called LEMON. It provides a set of easy-to-use implementation of common data structures and algorithms in the area of optimization and helps implementing new ones. We have decided to create a Wikipedia-page for it. However the lemon Wikipedia-page is already reserved (from acceptable reasons). How could we publish our software in Wikipedia? Maybe a new chapter with Products named Lemon should be opened? We would prefer this solution. Any other idea?

Phegyi81 16:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

The standard thing to do is to create a page specifically for your subject (for instance, Lemon (software), and then list your page on the Lemon (disambiguation) page. If you look at the top of this article (and many others like it, eg Gnu), you'll notice the tag "For other uses, see ...". That way, people who come to this page will be able to find your page. Does that make sense? Indeterminate 05:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Phegyi81 16:07, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Site dedicated to lemon

Many articles about lemon & C. - Limmi (also in italian and french)
Jadamatta 14:50, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Non lemon lemon oil!

The article states that the type of lemon oil used for wood treatments are of mineral origin. I have read (http://www.chestnutproducts.co.uk/results.php?cat=Oils) that it is actually made from lemon grass. This link also indicates that it can be used for a finish and is water resistant. Some claim that it is volatile and only provides a smell for a few days. I am not sure if everything evaporates; but it definately does not build a finish like tung or linseed oil.

130.226.208.203 (talk) 15:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

How extracting lemon essential oil

Lemon essential oil is extracted from porous and aromatic fruit's rinds in different ways: Lemon essential oil by hand using a Sponge Extraction Process (now abandoned)

Basically, lemons are halved transversely, then the peel is pressed against a sponge, so that the oil-glands burst open and the sponge absorbs the exuded oil, which is collected in a receiving vessel. Due to market and economy demands, today are preferred mechanical techniques, although the so-extracted juice is of an excellent quality. Through a Cold Press Extraction (by grinding or rasping)

Lemons are placed in devices, called Sfumatrici, which screw and scrape lemon's rind and therefore essence pour out from the oil cells. This technique allows the production of a very good quality essential oil (since thermal treatments do not compromise the terpenic mix), even though the amount of oil extracted is scarce. Thanks to this system is extracted also some water, that will be separate by centrifugation.

Another technique in use is the hydraulic press: lemons are minced and the melted staff, draining from the press, is steam-distilled with low pressure. What left from centrifugation and distillation can be useful to produce citric acid or calcium citrate.

The worthily-quality deterpenic essential oil, with a perfume 15 times finer than a standard essential oil, is obviously more expensive. The oil that has been deterpened, which is to say, that its terpens by distillation (deterpenization) has been removed, can be used to extract vacuum-packed solvent for cosmetic and food.

The greasy liquid extracted - yellowish, citrus scented and with a citrate taste along with a bitter and sour aftertaste - is alcohol soluble and it's made of limonene (or terpene). Among all the other components: Camphene, Pinene, Phellandrene, Terpinenes, Cymene, Monoterpenes, Alkanes, Aldehydes (Citral, Geranial), Coumarine and Furanocoumarine. Technical report

Main components: Limonene (60-69%), Linalil and Geranil Acetates, Terpinene, Sabinene, Pinene, Citral, Linalool, Octanol, Citronellal, Bergamoten, Nonalool, Mycenae, Iron, Calcium, Silicon, Phosphorus, Copper, Manganese, Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, To, C).

Extraction: Cold press extraction Balsamic period: spring Essence profit: 0,3-0,5 Smell intensity: 4 Density: 0,85- 0,86 Uses

Lemon essential oil is widely employed by food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries as food, beverage, liquors, drugs and perfumes flavourer.

Curiosity

To collect only a kilo of lemon essential oil, we need about 200 kg of lemons (almost 1500-2000 lemons). That's why this kind of oil is so precious and expensive. The more valuable quality of lemon essences is extracted by unripe fruits (i.e. in Italy the most precious quality essence are made with lemon yielded and used from the end of November to the early begin of March in Ionian area, whereas, in Sicily, until all April month. After this period the quality standard decreases).

What are lemon essential oil?

Lemon essential oil are greasy, volatile and perfumed oils extracted from citrus fruits, flowers and other vegetable with different method: by press, through vegetables' cut, by steam distillation, etc. Did you know...?

Lemon essence has a shorter shelf life than many others vegetable oils, around 9 months. Store it in a dry cool place, out of direct light.

Jadamatta 15:00, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

The Map

How does one read the map of lemon producers? It suggests to me that lemons are cultivated in New England. | I find that hard to believe I find that hard to believe.--Aaronp808 (talk) 05:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I live in Pennsylvania, and I can promise you that lemons do not grow here. I think the map should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.181.161.250 (talk) 18:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Pedant

"Three lemons"? Erm, surely there are two lemons in that photo (one whole and two halves)? Richard W.M. Jones (talk) 22:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha, nice catch. I fixed it. Indeterminate (talk) 07:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow

I always learn so much on Wikipedia. Now I know that New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio are the top lemon producing areas in the USA. I would have guessed Florida and California, but they must grow them indoors in the Northeast. Thanks for the informative map. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.248.69.230 (talk) 15:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Time for protection?

This article gets vandalized multiple times a day, should we be seeking protection? Murderbike (talk) 21:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

In my personal opinion, yes. However, in the last hour i've had to revert vandalism by a registered user. And i only believe we could achive semi-protection. TheProf | Talk 21:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's better than nothing IMO. I get really bored of seeing it in my watchlist several times a day. Murderbike (talk) 21:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I've now requested protection. Fingers crossed! TheProf | Talk 21:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism lasted far too long!

This edit lasted far too long. Three hours anyone looking for real information on Lemons would have seen it! Maybe a pro-longed semi-protection is the next step? TheProf | Talk 22:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Unusual varieties?

Watching the PBS Rick Steves' Europe show, he's in Italy. A lemon merchant shows him a bizarre lemon at least 6" long and 3½" thick. What variety is this? The merchant mentioned a name but I didn't catch it. I've never seen or heard of a lemon that size in a US store. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 02:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

pineapple juice

i need a literature on pineapple juice, please.the effect of preservatives on the vitanin c composition of pinneapple juice (soduim benzoate,citric acidand sodium bisulphite) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.199.198.3 (talk) 13:05, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism to first paragraph

I've tried to fix vandalism to the first paragraph that had gone unnoticed.

It now begins: "The lemon is the common name for Citrus limon. The reproductive tissue surrounds the seed of the angiosperm lemon tree."

Could someone who knows about botany check that this is what was intended? AdeMiami (talk) 09:04, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Growing lemons

I was searching information about hardy lemon varieties, but there appeared not to be any information about how lemon trees are grown, neither inside, outside or commercially.

For example, I know that lemon trees, or some variety of them, can be grown at Alps where average temperature is *very* low: but what variety that would be, and how cold it survives?

Any links to lemon enthusiasts' pages around the world would be good. 91.152.74.24 (talk) 10:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Sugar

I'd like to see some information about the sugar content of lemons. Thanks. Maikel (talk) 10:56, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Non-culinary uses

This section needs to be weeded out, many of the statements are old-wive's-tales. E. g. that lemons are effective against acne. Maikel (talk) 11:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

protection

Have protected this because most if not all fo the last 50 edits have been vandalism or reversion. If you need to edit the page, please let me know on my talk add the template{{{Editprotected}}} to this talk page. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 23:44, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

40 varieties of lemon are mentioned in an article from purdue.edu...

While trying to find varieties of lemons on the web, I discovered a very detailed article on the lemon (many topics). It included these 40 varieties, and seemed to imply that more existed. I have gleaned them together into an alphabetized list and hoped to include them on the lemon page. Here they are:

01. Allen 02. Armstrong (aka Armstrong Seedless) 03. Avon 04. Bearss 05. Berna (aka Bernia, Vema, Vernia) 06. Cascade 07. Cook 08. Corona Foothill Eureka 09. Dorshapo (a kind of Sweet Lemon, see below: named for plant explorers DORsett, SHAmel, and POpenoe.) 10. Eureka (aka Garey's Eureka) 11. Eustis 12. Femminello Ovale 13. Fino 14. Gallego 15. Galligan Lisbon 16. Genoa 17. Harvey 18. Interdonato 19. Lambert Eureka 20. Lisbon 21. Lunario 22. Meyer (Citrus limon x (?)C. reticulata) 23. Millsweet (a kind of Sweet Lemon, see below.) 24. Monachello (aka Moscatello; C.limon x C.?) 25. Monroe Sweet 26. Nelspruit 15 27. Nepali Oblong (aka Assam, Pat Nebu) 28. Nepali Round 29. Perkin 30. Perrine (C. limon x 'Mexican Lime') 31. Ponderosa (aka American Wonder, Wonder; C. limon x C.?) 32. Portugal 33. Prior Lisbon 34. Rosenberger (Lisbon x Villafranca) 35. Ross 36. Rough Lemon (aka Florida Rough, French, Jamberi, Mazoe) 37. Santa Teresa 38. Sweet Lemon (C. limetta Risso; a general name for certain non-acid lemons or limettas) 39. Verna 40. Villefranca

The artical in question can be found at http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lemon.html The artical gives its own citation as:

"Morton, J. Lemon p.160-168 In: Fruits of warm climates. Julie F. Morton, Miami, FL"

Please let me know if I can include this. Thanks. Hamamelis (talk) 10:26, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

freezing lemons

can you freeze lemons —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.192.186 (talk) 10:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Redundancy in first paragraph.

{{editsemiprotected}} The penultimate sentence in the intro paragraph reads, "Lemons are also known for their sourness." This is completely redundant, as it follows a fairly detailed explanation of the lemon's sour flavor and acid content. Please simply remove this sentence.

 Done fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 07:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Lemon has much acid in this juice. This juice is good for science projects and much more. Lemon juice is one of the main juices in the world. Many people love lemon juice. We know lemon juice from Europ. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.237.5 (talk) 14:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Nutrition Value

what is the Nutrition value of a lemon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.37 (talk) 07:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Why such constant vandalism?

Could someone please explain to me why this innocent little article is such a constant target for vandals? Apple doesn't have this problem! AdeMiami (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

About lemon juice

Lemon juice is not like lemonade, because it has no sugar added. It is sour deppending on how many lemons u use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.240.184.62 (talk) 00:51, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Copyrighted etymology?

This was the etymology a few edits ago.

The name lemon was originated from Arabic līmūn لیمون and Persian limun through Old Italian and Old French limone. The word līmūn لیمون (Arabic) and limun (Persian) itself came from the Sanskrit word Nimbu. Nimbu is still the current word for lemon in most of the indian languages.

Now, it is replaced with this:

Lemon : Its Origin is in 1350–1400; 1905–10. According to www.dictionary.com: Although we know neither where the lemon was first grown nor when it first came to Europe, we know from its name that it came to us from the Middle East because we can trace its etymological path. One of the earliest occurrences of our word is found in a Middle English customs document of 1420-1421. The Middle English word limon goes back to Old French limon, showing that yet another delicacy passed into England through France. The Old French word probably came from Italian limone, another step on the route that leads back to the Arabic word laymūn or līmūn, which comes from the Persian word līmūn.

which is, I think, a copyright violation. Apparently from the American Heritage Dictionary that dictionary.com mirrored. But on the other hand, does this article really need an etymology? I think, if we were going to put an etymology, it should be on Wiktionary instead. colfulus‽ 01:34, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

The etymology is important as it gives a background on the English name of the fruit. As to where we should source the information, I'm not sure we can use Wiktionary as its generally against WP policy to use any of the Wikis in the project as a "source". Personally, I would prefer a more reliable source (perhaps hard copy dictionary? or news article?) for the etymology rather than an online dictionary, even if Dictionary.com is sourcing from a hardcopy. --nsaum75 ^¡שיחת! 07:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Lemon (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 22:30, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

invisible ink

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/invisibleink3.htm I'm surprised that a complete page like this missed this one... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.9.232.75 (talk) 23:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

IMPOSSIBLE nutritional facts

"Carbohydrates - 7.8 g, Protein - 0.9 g, Fat - 0.25 g, Calories - 100" - not a possible combination, as that would provide approximately 32kcals from carbs, 4kcals from protein, and 2kcals from fat, adding up to about 38, NOT 100 Aadieu (talk) 18:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)