Over the course of January in Naples, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 26 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 51 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 58 seconds.
The first substantial cultivation of lemons in Europe began in Genoa in the middle of the 15th century. The lemon was later introduced to the Americas in 1493 when Christopher Columbus brought lemon seeds to Hispaniola on his voyages. Spanish conquest throughout the New World helped spread lemon seeds.
History of Oranges. January 2017 - The first wild ancestors of oranges and lemons probably evolved in Australia and New Guinea, where the first people probably began eating them soon after they arrived there, about 30,000 BC. As early as the Stone Age, people were eating citron fruits in China, too.