The main reason most people don't enjoy eating lemons is that they
are insufficiently sweet. I think a lot of people would be
interested in lemons that tasted like lemonade. What would happen
if you watered a lemon tree with water containing artificial
sweeteners? Would some end up in the fruit? How well do these
sweeteners persist? Do they break down easily inside plants?
Trees are slow and complex; starting with something faster growing
like vegetables might make more sense. Perhaps this could get
people to eat more veggies? Mmm; artificially sweetened vegetables.
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