[Ezekiel]

The fruit was inscribed with the message: "Given By Mr P Lu Franchini Nov 4 1739 to Miss E Baxter."

Apparently the relationship soured, but it did stand the test of time.

[dfwgator]

But did she squeeze his lemon?

[irishjuggler]

What a story someone could write about this one... Italian immigrant Pietro Luigi Franchini finds himself in the countryside of early 18th century England... a stranger in a strange land... when he encounters and falls madly in love with beautiful Shropshire lass Elizabeth Baxter. Nearly penniless but desperate to woo the fair Miss Baxter with a gift, Franchini plucks a lemon from a local tree and carefully inscribes it...