Four Winds Growers: A Family Business Supplying True Dwarf Citrus Trees
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Meyer Lemon Origins

By far, the Meyer Lemon is the most popular of all the citrus we grow. What's more, Four Winds Growers plays an important part in the history of this much-loved tree!

In 1908, Mr. Meyer imported the first Meyer Lemon tree from China, where it is grown as a dooryard tree. Unfortunately, the original Meyer specimen was prone to CTV (citrus tristeza virus), which didn't harm the lemon tree itself but which could spread to other citrus varieties.

Finally, in the 1950s, Don Dillon, Sr., a second generation member of the Four Winds family, discovered a virus-free clone. All Meyer Lemon trees propagated in California now derive from that "improved" mother tree.
Thank you, Don Sr.!

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