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The lemon tree and its fruit. The juice of the lemon fruit contains about four times as much citric acid as is found in the orange. It is a major commercial source of citric acid.
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Orange tree bearing fruit and blossom. The fruit of the orange is rich in vitamin C, sugars, and acids.

Any of a group of evergreen and aromatic trees or shrubs, found in warm parts of the world. Several species – the orange, lemon, lime, citron, and grapefruit – are cultivated for their fruit. (Genus Citrus, family Rutaceae.)



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The crop that suffered the biggest damage -- $800 million -- in the freeze was the California citrus crop -- oranges, grapefruits, lemons -- Valencias, navels, Clementines, tangerines," says Steve Lyle, director of public affairs, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento.
But that didn't daunt the skeptics, who cited the frozen citrus crop in California and record snowfall in New England as examples of a "global cooling" problem.
Regionally, the wintry conditions are estimated to have killed as much as 75 percent of the citrus crop in California and Arizona, said Claire Smith, a spokeswoman for Sherman Oaks-based Sunkist Growers Inc.
 
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