Forgotten Merbein limes ripe for return

Wade Stephens

THREE limes originally developed by the CSIRO in Merbein puzzlingly are not produced commercially in Sunraysia. Close to 20 years on from their public release, interest has slowly grown in the Australian Outback Lime, Australian Sunrise Lime and Australian Blood Lime. The CSIRO began working with native limes in 1981 to research drought and salt […]

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