MENTON, France (AP) — When the French Riviera town of Menton prepares to host its lemon festival each year, it assembles more than 140 tons of citrus to...
MENTON, France — When the French Riviera town of Menton prepares to host its lemon festival each year, it assembles more than 140 tons of citrus to build the ornate floats and showy park displays that attract thousands to the. But none of it is the actual Menton lemon, a prized variety whose fans included King Louis XIV, who enjoyed drinking its juice and bathing in its essential oils.
He recalls his father collecting a ton and a half of lemons every 20 days. The region’s annual production now is about 200 tons.The region nestles between the French southern Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, covering about 100 hectares and stretching beyond Menton's municipal boundaries into Roquebrune, Sainte-Agnès and Castellar.
The Menton lemon got a boost in 2015 when the European Union granted it the protection of a geographical indicator, which aids in marketing the lemons and is intended to guard against lesser varieties misusing the name. It's the only lemon in France to carry such an indicator. But farmers will have to adapt to rising temperature if they want to continue producing the lemons, he said.
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