1st fruit on lemon tree is green. Is this normal?

First time growing citrus tree. First fruit is green on bottom of tree, flowers on top. bought as Lemon tree. Is this normal?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 07/08/2019 @ 7:59 am

The first consideration is that the lemon fruit may not yet be ripe. Immature lemons are green until they ripen to yellow.
Another possibility is that you have a variety of lemon that is green when ripe.
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