<h2>Blue Planet Lemons</h2>
<p><strong><img width="250" src="images/stories/lgs/comm_lemons_250x219.jpg" alt="comm_lemons_250x219" height="219" style="float: right;" class="image-border" />The Fruit for Health and Wellness</strong><br />From ancient times, vitamin-rich lemons have been known as "the medicinal fruit" or "golden apples" that were believed by early scholars and physicians to contain anti-oxidants to prevent a host of human diseases, tone and purify the human body, tenderize meat, neutralize acids in fish and perform a multitude of other useful functions. For example, lemon juice makes a great preservative for fresh cut fruits and vegetables as the acid prevents discoloration of the flesh and keeps the natural color bright and fresh.</p>
<p>So Blue Planet Lemons, relying upon their ancient appeal and modern history of unparalleled usefulness, actually sell themselves. And now, LGS can provide you with this fabulous citrus fruit at competitive prices. We can even offer you season or monthly pricing to help make you more adaptable to changing market conditions.</p>
<p><strong>Sources, Seasons and Supply</strong><br />Blue Planet is your preferred source for a consistent, first-quality supply of Eureka lemons from Mexico's most respected lemon producers with orchards in areas favored with the right combination of climate, sunlight, well drained soil and the plentiful water supply these lemons need to be flavorful, abundantly juicy, yet with very few seeds. We cooperate with our grower partners to pick, inspect, package and present you with the only the Blue Planet best.</p>
<p><strong>Availability</strong></p>
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<li>From July thru November – the peak growing season, LGS makes available Blue Planet Lemons from Mexico </li>
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<p><img width="300" src="images/stories/lgs/comm_lemons_300x225.jpg" alt="comm_lemons_300x225" height="169" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; float: left;" class="image-border" />Lemons can be cut and eaten as fruit, and in fact, are enjoyed as such by many of the peoples of the world who relish their tart flavor. More commonly, however, their "medicinal properties" are added to the diet in other delicious ways. Both savory and sweet dishes benefit from the tangy, refreshing flavor of lemons. The zest, the fruit (whole, sliced or quartered) can be used and the juice is often added as a vinegar substitute for a lighter, more refreshing vinaigrette.<br /><br /><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Packaging Options</strong><br />With Blue Planet lemons you have a choice of two packaging options:</p>
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<li>loose fruit packed in 40lb boxes in the most popular sizes – 75s, 95s, 115s, 140s, 165s, and 200s </li>
<li>cartons containing 18 2lb bags.</li>
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<p>So you can select one or both packaging options, and be sure you are getting a top quality product.<br /><br /><strong>Merchandising Blue Planet Lemons from LGS</strong><br />This precious fruit has so many food and cosmetic uses it is virtually impossible to list them all. First, lemons can be used fresh as a garnish on fish, meat or all kinds of beverages, from tea to tequila. They can be squeezed for flavorful juice, even made into lemon soup. They can be canned, concentrated, frozen, or dehydrated and powdered, in lemonade, carbonated beverages or other drinks. They can be used for making pies and tarts, as a flavoring for cakes, cookies, cake icings, meringues, puddings, sherbet, confectionery, preserves and pharmaceutical products. A few drops of lemon juice, added to cream before whipping, gives stability to the whipped cream. Lemon peel can be candied at home or supplied to manufacturers of confectionery and baked goods. It is the source of lemon oil, pectin and citric acid, which in turn, is used in the creation of many, many youth, health and beauty products.</p>
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