Someone Needs to Invent

[Senegoid]

@california_jobcase

We need a lime tree that grows limes the size of navel oranges and with the sugar content of a ripe banana. Of course, the regular lime flavor will remain, just much sweeter.

Yum.

There are, however, lemons like that, called Meyer lemons. My neighbor has such a lemon tree. We had an entire thread about that. I’ve never seen or heard of these lemons elsewhere, and I’ve never heard of them in stores.

My neighbor's lemon tree .

My neighbor has a lemon tree that produces lemons unlike others I’ve seen (or tasted). Some nearby neighbors think it’s a distinct variety of lemon, others think it must be some lemon/orange hybrid. I wonder if any Dopers know of this kind of lemon? The lemons are nearly spherical, almost-but-not-quite like oranges. They are definitely lemon-yellow. They taste like lemons, but sweet enough to eat straight, like an orange. They are somewhat lemonade-sweet (but not too sweet) and somewhat le…