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I’ll give him this<\/em>, Edward mused, he spins a good tale. Tail…huh. You’d bloody think a beaver would know a thing or two about tails. And that bit about the flowers. I don’t know whether he\u2019s pulling my leg or he\u2019s really that clueless about things botanical.<\/em><\/p>\n The beaver droned on, swinging into a sidebar about leaf drop and poplars.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dear beaver,\u201d Edward began in his professorial voice. \u201cFruit is formed from the fertilized flower. Your young prot\u00e9g\u00e9 was never going to get any lemons if you continued to … \u2019nip them in the bud\u2019, shall we say.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cReally?” the beaver asked earnestly. \u201cI had often wondered what Gareth was going on about. Do you suppose if I had let them go, stink and all, that he would have actually gotten some fruit?\u201d His tone implied a sad mix of regret and genuine curiosity. It was the kind of situation Edward could rarely resist.<\/p>\n \u201cWell. I believe this particular variety of lemon is known as a Meyer lemon. Citrus<\/em> \u00d7 meyeri<\/em>, the Meyer lemon, is a citrus fruit native to China. It is commonly thought to be a cross between a true lemon and a mandarin orange. In 1908,it was introduced to North America by the agricultural explorer Frank Nicholas Meyer. Meyer was an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture who had collected a sample of the plant on a visit to China.\u201d<\/p>\n The beaver tuned him out. \u201cI swear that rabbit swallowed an encyclopedia, or spends all of his time surfing Wikepedia. But I\u2019ll take what I can get,\u201d he mumbled to himself. \u201cThree or five more minutes should do, I’d guess.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCitrus<\/em> \u00d7 meyeri<\/em> is reasonably hardy and grows well in warm climates. The plants are also fairly vigorous; a tree grown from seed usually begins fruiting in four years, potentially yielding thousands of lemons. Meyer lemons are popular as ornamental plants due to their compact size, hardiness and productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n Yup, definitely Wikipedia. Probably word for word, knowing him. The dumbest bunny I ever met. Come to think of it, the only bunny I ever really met. And boy, do I wish I never had.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMeyer lemons are highly decorative and suitable for container growing. While trees produce fruit throughout the year, the majority of the crop is harvest-ready in winter…\u201d<\/p>\n But that should just about do it…<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOne more point and I suppose I should get on with business …\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5:12 I’ll give him this, Edward mused, he spins a good tale. Tail…huh. You’d bloody think a beaver would know a thing or two about tails. And that bit about the flowers. I don’t know whether he\u2019s pulling my leg or he\u2019s really that clueless about things botanical. The beaver droned on, swinging into a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}