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🍋 Seedless Lemons???? 🍋

Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:37:20 GMT

The other day I went to the grocery store to pick up some lemons to make fresh lemonaide. As I was picking around for the large lemons I noted a sign in the next been that said "seedless" lemons. Never heard of "seedless" lemons. So I grabbed 2 bags as there were only 3-4 lemons in each bag. I grabbed the bags that had 3 lemons as the "seedless" lemons were large. The lemons were small in the 4 lemon bags.

Friday night after juicing all 6 lemons, I found 1 seed in the strainer. Not bad!

I hope the store has more "seedless" lemons the next time I go there.

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jpie — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:44:14 GMT

Nice find! I am constantly digging, or splicing the seeds out with a knife from lemons to squeeze into my ice tea.

I'll be on the look out for these. After all, if they can produce seedless watermelons at a decent price, then lemons should be next!

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chickenbutt — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:52:27 GMT

I didn't know that, either. That's great. I cannot think of any reason anybody would want lemon seeds.

Were the lemons good, in terms of taste, texture, etc?

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Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:02:45 GMT

@chickenbutt The seedless lemons were very soft in texture. They were also juicier. My juicer juiced up all 5 lemons in no time. I saved the 6th one to manual squeeze. No effort at all! I don't manual squeeze a lemon unless it's room temp and/or microwaved. I juiced these lemons right out the fridge.

The taste is the same as lemons w/seeds. I could not tell the difference.

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DREAMON — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:03:48 GMT

My husband bought a bag of seedless lemons about 2 weeks ago.

They were juicy, had a bit of a sweetness to them, and not one seed.

I love them and hope we can find the again.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:07:35 GMT

I wonder how they propagate a lemon with no seeds? Do they clone them?

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Zhills — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:19:22 GMT

Most citrus trees are grafted into a hearty seeded stock plant.

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Tissyanne — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:32:17 GMT

I have been buying seedless lemons for over a year. They are wonderful, and I would not ever buy the ones with all those seeds after using these. I hope they will always be available.

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Citrine1 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:06:55 GMT

I guess it's just me, but the one time I tried the seedless lemons (a few months ago), I thought they tasted different than seeded lemons. Couldn't exactly put my finger on it, but I know I thought they didn't taste quite as good.

I guess I'll give them a try again.

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bmorechick — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:34:54 GMT

I think they are called Eureka lemons. I have never seen them around here. Meyer lemons have less seeds but I don't like the taste. It's a cross between an orange n a lemon and it's got a strange taste to me.

I generally buy the thinner skinned lemons and leave them out on the counter. I like them soft and warm because you get more juice. I love lemons 🍋

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GenXmuse — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:39:24 GMT

I tried those out last week and was impressed. I was able to expel a lot more juice out of these and the absence of seeds made it so convenient.
Yes, I think they were called Eureka. Perfect name!

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retiredatlast — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:00:40 GMT

Just purchased these recently at Trader Joe's. Brand is called Wonderful. Came in a mesh bag. Non-GMO seedless lemons. Two pound bag had 8 lemons in it. Sorry, but I don't remember the price- I think around $3. They are truly seedless and very juicy.

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Harpa — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:55:21 GMT

TY for mentioning! Though I don't usually have trouble w/ the seeds with a lemon press. Nice to know they are non-GMO (which I just read).

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Enufstuff — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:23:14 GMT

@retiredatlast That is good to know that Trader Joe's has these lemons for a good price. I drink warm water with the juice of half a lemon, every morning. I have been paying $.88 per lemon.

Also, I'm picking seeds out of the juice reamer.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:37:42 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
TY for mentioning! Though I don't usually have trouble w/ the seeds with a lemon press. Nice to know they are non-GMO (which I just read).

I have those metal presses that I got at QVC years ago - the larger one for lemons is yellow and the smaller one for limes is green. I've also seen an even larger one, orange in color, for oranges. I don't know if they still sell them, but I know you can get them at Amazon and probably other places.

Anyway, they work great and no seeds get through. For this older person with hand/wrist problems, they are also invaluable because even I can squeeze every bit of juice out easily. It's amazing how easy it actually is! Any other way would be way too difficult for my hands to do.