Original: Large numbers of Persian limes are grown , processed , and exported every year primarily from MexicoFruit and Tree Nuts Outlook \/O/ FTS-333 \/O/ July 30 , 2008 , page 16 , by Agnes Perez and Susan Pollack , Economic Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture .
Simplified: They are grown primarily in Florida in the U.S./LOCATION. The Persian lime became more important when key lime orchards were wiped out by a hurricane in 1926 .