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lemon has an oval or elliptical shape, depending on the variety.Size and weight: Lemons are calibrated for the USA market: **0,**0,**5,**0,**0,**0sFor the European market the measures are: *6, *2, *8, *4, *0, *3Color: lemon is a fruit between yellow and green, with a strong bark that hides a spongy and tasteless white layer and its pulp has a pale yellowish hue, formed by eight or ten segments or segments that enclose small nuggets. Taste: The lemon flavor is acidic and very pleasant.It is advisable to choose those specimens that appear heavy for their size, with the smooth, firm, shiny and greenish-green shell.Healthy lemons, lacking defects due to injuries due to handling and transport, sunburn, frost, hail, virus, rotting fungus or poor cold storage (incorrect temperature, humidity or ventilation) can be perfectly preserved and for several Weeks at room temperature without using the refrigerator. If cold sources are used they can be kept in optimum conditions up to one month.Its major component is water. They are the fruits of lesser calorific value, although you have to keep in mind that they are not consumed as fresh fruit but only their juice. It emphasizes its content in vitamin C, citric acid and substances of astringent action. The most abundant mineral is potassium. Vitamin C is involved in the formation of collagen, bones and teeth, red blood cells and favors the absorption of iron from food and resistance to infections. Citric acid has a disinfectant action and potentiates the action of vitamin C. Potassium is necessary for the transmission and generation of the nerve impulse, for the normal muscular activity and it intervenes in the balance of water inside and outside the cell.