Is this a lime or lemon?

The lemon that you see has very thick skin and even after softening it there will hardly be any juice. They are ideal for making pickle.

@allknowing They are perfect to make pickles, because they are sweeter than those with thin skin with a lot of juice.

@LadyDuck I think there are many more on the plant. I am waiting for them all to turn yellow. I will make that pickle. I have a nice recipe.

That is truly an achievement. May it grow and yield fruits to satisfy you

Limes have thin skins but this was has very thick skin and so ideal for making pickle.

Lemons grow here and they grow in Italy. My neighbors has lemons in his garden and my grandfather had several lemon trees in Italy. There are plenty of lemon trees in the south of France.

@LadyDuck I more or less guessed this was lemon.But it is the first time I see this size. What size are the lemons that grow where you live? These have thick skins and far from juicy. I am not quite fond of lemon or lime juice and the only use I have for this would be to make pickle just the way I made pickle with the star fruit, and bilimbis.

May not grow in Germany. Right?

@allknowing I let them ripen to the proper stage and then freeze a lot of the juice to use throughout the year, as they are seasonal.

What do you do with them?

I thought it was a lime plant but looking at the fruit I feel it is a lemon. The size is far too large though - almost four inches.

@suni51 It's official. I will call it a lemon after reading responses here. There is a nice song on the Lemon Tree

@allknowing as much I know lime is green so it should be a lemon imho or maybe it's cross if you have a lemon plant nearby.

I am planning on making sweet pickle as I have a good recipe

@Shavkat I have nice recipe meant for sour fruits.

@allknowing I hope you can do it. I do love pickles, too. I have my own way and it was passed on by my granny.

Do you get that lemon water in bottles?

@caopaopao I like the aroma of lemons and limes

@allknowing I often buy fresh lemon slices and drink water with it.

It is fully yellow but it does look like a lemon and so may not be fit for juice

@allknowing the lemons from our tree give a good tangy juice.

@valmnz Then what we have must be a cross of another fruit that grows here which is large almost 5 to 6" I must look for its name.

That which grows here has thick skin and no matter how hard it is rolled there is little juice and so we make pickle. Good to know you do not have your drinks neat

@allknowing LOL! Enjoy your pickles.

It looks like any citrus fruit

@allknowing ok.

We have yellow limes as well here inh our countryalthough as yu say, they are much smaller but this one that we found on our plant is really, really huge

@allknowing Hmm. Never heard of a yellow lime. Interesting. Do they have a different flavor than the green ones?

This was planted years ago and now it has started yielding profusely. I have several fruit trees.

In your view what is the difference?

I too think so

Are the lemons on your tree are juicy?