LEMONS NOT POPULAR
London, March 8. Because the wartime diet had robbed jnany people of their taste for lemons the first consignment of fruit to arrive in Sussex since the war began was almost unsaleable. Children of Brighton described lemons as “nasty bitter oranges.” Many of the children had never seen lemons before.
The authorities said to-day that the release of 300.000,000 sweet Spanish and Jaffa oranges would provide lib of fruit for every man, woman and child in England.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 March 1944, Page 3
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80LEMONS NOT POPULAR Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 March 1944, Page 3
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