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The Once-a-Year Search for the Perfect Citron (Etrog)

(New York Times) Jessica Steinberg - The global market for the citron, a pulpy cousin of the lemon, is not large. Nearly the only use it has is in celebrating the week-long Jewish autumn holiday of Sukkot. On some 74 acres of orchards, Yossi Ludmir and his family produce 70 percent of the world's supply. In a typical year, the Ludmirs ship around 100,000 citrons to the United States and another 70,000 are sold domestically.
2002-09-26 00:00:00
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