Lemon vs Sweet Orange
Both are Fruit. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Lemon
Sweet Orange
| Measure | Lemon | Sweet Orange |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jul–Aug (planting) | Jul–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 4–5 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 5 × 5 m | 6 × 6 m |
| Soil pH | 6.0–7.5 | 6.0–7.5 |
| Water | 800–1100 | 900–1200 |
| Temperature °C | 20–32 | 20–32 |
| Seed rate | 400 plants | 270 plants |
| Yield | 15–20 t | 20–25 t |
| Watch for | Canker, leaf miner, gummosis | Citrus canker, leaf miner, psylla |