As lemons are much more profitable to grow than oranges, on account of their keeping properties, and from their being less liable to injury during voyages, the cultivation of the lemon is preferred in Italy wherever it will succeed.
An additional product is obtained by immersing the scarified lemons in warm water and separating the oil which floats off.
Essence de citron distillee is obtained by rubbing the surface of fresh lemons (or of those which have been submitted to the action of the ecuelle a piquer) on a coarse grater of tinned iron, and distilling the grated peel.
Before candying the lemons are soaked in fresh water to remove the salt.
The whole of the sound lemons are usually packed in boxes, but those which are not exported immediately are carefully picked over and the unsound ones removed before shipment.
Besides those exported from Messina and Palermo, lemons are also imported into England to a less extent from the Riviera of Genoa, and from Malaga in Spain, the latter being the most esteemed.
The large lemons with a rougher rind, which appear in the London market in July and August, are grown at Sorrento near Naples, and are allowed to remain on the trees until ripe.
The lemons are placed in an ecuelle a piquer, a shallow basin of pewter about 8(1/2) in.
Lemons are also extensively grown in California and Florida.
Alessio, in odd contrast with the lemons and oranges and freesias of S.
Its forests or olives furnish the finest and sweetest oil of Provence; its groves of oranges and lemons yield at the same time flowers in abundance and fruit in maturity.
Mentone is pre-eminently the district of lemons and oranges, grown here for the fruit, and not, as at Grasse, for the flower.
Cut the oranges or lemons into small strips with the scissors, cook in the thick syrup, and roll in granulated sugar.
Remove the skin from the oranges or lemons in quarters and simmer in water until soft; then drain and remove all the white portion by scraping with a silver knife or spoon.
But when he had thought a little, he took and put the lemons into his pocket, for he thought they would be good to have if he got thirsty by the way, for he had heard say lemons were sour.
Two tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed to a pint of boiling water, let it steep three hours, strain when cool and add the juice of two lemons and two tablespoonfuls of honey.
The juice of lemons reduced with water will sometimes prove very effectual.
The juice of lemons and other acid fruits is usually grateful, and assists in assimilating any excess in nutriment.
Moisten two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, stir into one pint boiling water; add the juice of two lemons and one-half cup of sugar.
When the guilds removed their signs, they went in procession with flying banners and with lemons dressed in ribbons stuck on their swords.
In vain I combated these arguments, offering to take crackers and lemons enough for her share, and even urging the humanity of allowing her to make herself sick upon good things for once in her poverty-stricken life.
Roll the lemons and squeeze the juice; when the water is cool, add this and stand it away till you need it.
It is really and truly what the Pilgrim Fathers are supposed to have made for Thanksgiving Day out of wild grapes; but I am sure they had no lemons or spices, so it could not have been quite as good as this.
Roll the lemons till they are soft; cut them and squeeze the juice out.
Two dozen lemons must be pared and pressed; the juice should be poured on the peels, and remain on them all night; in the morning add two pounds of loaf sugar, a quart of good white wine, and three quarts of boiling water.
Ironmoulds should be wetted, then laid on a hot water-plate, and a little essential salt of lemonsput on the part.
Two lemons may be used, as well as the two Seville oranges; but care should be taken that the flavor of the lemons does not predominate.
I have never seen anything like the quantity of lemons in Germany--millions of lemons everywhere.
Acidity of Lemons With a pipette measure into a small beaker 2 cc.
But dogs couldn't come up out the ocean, and be washed on the beach like the lemons and cocoanuts.
But the lemonsand cocoanuts were washed overboard off a ship that sank, and some of the cocoanuts were spoiled sour.
Wood comes out of the ocean and once we got some lemons and cocoanuts--don't you 'member?
Lemon trees and orange trees were ranged in rows; the lemonsyellow on the trees or lying on the ground as thick as fallen apples after an autumn storm, the oranges still hard spheres of dark green.
In the fruit garden the lemons had quite fallen, but the oranges were beginning to become a livid yellow on one side of the bush, while the dates had passed from a pale to a deep golden hue.
We should have enamelled that floor white, and cast a few rugs down on it, with no more colours in them than faint lemons and greys or creams.
If lemons cost a guinea apiece, I once heard a physician say who had a special experience of its wide-reaching healing powers, then would mankind appreciate the treasure it has at hand!
Lemons said his horse was taken from the stable at twelve o'clock, broad daylight.
On the morning the case was called Fish and Lemons were both present.
They must have made seventy-five or a hundred gallons of lemonade every day, and they had to squeeze all the lemons by hand, too!
For a whole car load of oranges and lemonshad been shipped to Beauvais and arrived a day too late--after the troops had gone.
The Salvation Army tried to supply a great need by having carloads of lemons sent to the front and making and distributing lemonade freely.
I am also trying to get some lemons so that I can make lemonade for the boys besides the coffee and cocoa.
The contrast between these ice-crowned elevations not very far away, and the orchards of oranges and lemons in full bearing so near to us, was certainly striking.
Illustration] Lemon Butter 6 eggs 3 very large lemons (rind and juice) 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons water butter size of walnut Mix all together with Dove egg beater and cook until it boils.
Icing 1 coffee cup sugar 2 Eggs 2 tablespoons butter 2 lemons (juice) Beat all together and boil until it jellies.
Orange Marmalade 6 oranges 2 lemons Slice in small pieces, add six pints of water and let stand in covered dish for 24 hours.
To preserve oranges and lemons for several months, take those that are perfectly fresh, and wrap each one by itself in soft paper, and put them in glass jars, or a very tight box, strew white sand thickly round each one and over the top.
When well heated through, take it up and cut a couple of lemons in slices, and lay over it.
Where lemons cannot be procured, tartaric acid dissolved in salt and water, is a good substitute.
The splendor of the Palazzata waned before the vigor of expanding trade that filled the wharves with casks of spoilinglemons for the manufacture of acids and essential oils.
Nestling among the lemons in the foreground are large chimneys, the sign visible of an irrigation system nearly a thousand years old, of Saracenic origin.
As we came through the great valley in which lie Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Anaheim, we passed fruitful groves of lemons and vast fields of beets.
One can see lemons being gathered, flowers blooming, and new groves being planted in the valley, and then look up to snow-capped peaks beyond.
We pass people planting young orchards of lemons and oranges, and we come through defiles, the bare, rugged hills rising above us on both sides.
We were told that notwithstanding competition with the Sicilian and Italian fruit, California lemons had all the market their owners could wish for.
The lemons, lemons, lemons I had daily to slice to complete the ice-tea orders!
Add two lemons sliced and one cupful each of chopped almonds and currants.
Take up the fish carefully and squeeze the juice of three lemonsinto the liquid.
Mix a lump of butter the size of an egg with three tablespoonfuls of flour, then add the juice of one or two lemons (according to size).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lemons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
