Thanks to one of your comments we now know that these type of lemons are called Buddha's Hand or Fingered Citron and are, in fact, quite common in China and Japan. Here’s the Wikipedia entry.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

I have the most wonderful yellow lemon tree in my backyard. It produces these amazing and tasty works of art. Some of my friends have asked me if I’m doing some kind of genetic-engineering experiment in my garden. I tell them I brought the seeds from Chernobyl but, of course, I’m lying and I have no idea why they grow like this. Any clues? Another friend freaked out and told me these lemons are proof of a corporate conspiracy in which pharmaceutical companies are deliberately contaminating our water to make us sick and force us to buy their products. I laughed because I thought he was joking. Sadly, he wasn’t and he’s not my friend anymore. Anyway, fancy a nice cold lemonade?

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