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Key lime. (Christm.) Swingle. The Key lime or acid lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia or C. aurantifolia) is a citrus hybrid (C. hystrix × C. medica) native to tropical Southeast Asia. It has a spherical fruit, 2.5–5 centimetres (1–2 inches) in diameter. The Key lime is usually picked while it is still green, but it becomes yellow when ripe.
Key lime pie is an American dessert pie. It is made of Key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk. It may be served with no topping, with a meringue topping made from egg whites, [1] or with whipped cream. Traditionally, Key Lime pie is made using a graham cracker crust. It may be made with or without baking in a pie crust or ...
Henry Edward Perrine was born April 5, 1797, at either New Brunswick, New Jersey [1][2] or Cranbury, New Jersey, [3] a son of Peter and Sarah Rozengrant Perrine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot ". [4] He taught school for two years while still a youth, studied medicine, and then at age 22 moved to Ripley, Illinois where he ...
A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, green in color, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. [1] There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (Citrus aurantiifolia), Persian lime, Makrut lime, finger limes, blood limes, and desert lime.
The biggest focus of Mexican citrus production is on Key limes; in 2003, Mexico produced 768,000 tonnes of Key limes and 235,000 tonnes of Persian limes. [10] For the 2010/11 season, Mexico forecasts that it will produce a total of 1.9 million tonnes of limes. [9] The largest importers of lime oil are the US, UK, Japan, Ireland and Belgium.
Key Largo (Spanish: Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at 33 miles (53 km) long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected by U.S. Highway 1 (the Overseas Highway). Three census-designated places (CDPs) are on ...
Biography. William Joseph Curry was born in 1821 on Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas. He arrived in Key West from the Bahamas in 1837 at age 16. [1] Like many "conchs", he was a poor white Bahamian who immigrated to Key West for economic opportunity. When he arrived in Key West, it was then the wealthiest town in the state. [2]
Australian lime, a species of Citrus native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Key lime, a citrus hybrid with a spherical fruit. Persian lime, a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin. Tilia, a genus of trees known in Britain as lime trees, lime-wood, basswood, or linden. Wild lime or Zanthoxylum fagara, a green fruit native to the Americas.