Miniature lemons

Attlee goes up the peninsula and stays in Liguria. She writes about a family of small owners who grow miniature lemons and hybrid creations such as the tangerine. Insects harmful to plants are kept away by means of bottled anchovies dipped in ammonia. In these places the chinotto di Savona grows, the small Chinese orange used to flavor bitters and digestives. As with the land where lemons bloom, this was certainly the mountain crater around Lake Garda where the precious fruit, collected by beautifully dressed women, was transported by mule for a journey that ended in Hungary, Poland or Russia.