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From: "Deloris Williams" <>
Subject: Re: [NCGRANVI] lemon trees 1927 Granville
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:24:25 -0600
References: <4CDEF474.6050605@ucdavis.edu>


I don't know if there may have been lemon trees in any particular place in
1927, however, according to sites I have visited, these are the types of
fruit trees which can be grown in NC because the winters are relatively mild
and the growing seasons are long:

Apple, Peach, Pear, Persimmon, Fig.



Deloris Williams


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From: "Judith Bailey Gabor" <>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:26 PM
To: "granville" <>
Subject: [NCGRANVI] lemon trees 1927 Granville

> Do lemon trees grow in northern Granville Co?
>
> Would they have been grown in 1927?
>
> I have a story of a large family reunion in Aug 1927 at a house on the
> Virginia border where a huge quantity of lemonade was made and served in
> a big wash tub.
>
> My first reaction was that procuring lemons would have been an expensive
> proposition at that time.
>
> Lemons are usually the easiest of citrus to grow, however, and maybe
> some varieties of lemons were grown there.
>
> Would appreciate your thoughts, Listers. Judith B. Gabor
>
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