Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Cold weather in both hemispheres hits lemon crop hard


Lemon price rise leaves shoppers bitter - Telegraph
The problems have been caused by an exceptional cold snap in Spain earlier this year, which wiped out most of its harvest of the verna variety of lemons – one of the most popular with British supermarkets.

This was followed by problems in the southern hemisphere. In Argentina, the biggest producer of lemons, the crop fell by 28 per cent after cold weather damaged hit the blossoming season.

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