I must have missed that part. They were just average lemons... 4/$1, but still, you would think there would be SOME effect. There was nothing. I could try just one expensive organic and see what happens. I've seen some lemons almost the size of a small grapefruit.. very rounded and un-lemon like looking. Now I have to remember where I saw them :-?

Edited Additonal Note:

Did quick search on brix and came across this article

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Are your fruit and veggies worth while eating?
The distrubing story appeared in Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish only), my daily morning read. It was about the fruit and the vegetables we buy in the belief they are good for us, and about how these fruits and veggies, colorful as they may be, are so diluted and abused they are hardly worth the effort of chewing and eating them anymore. Many are so low in nutrients and vitamins they would not pass international norms, like the FAO requirements. The paper used a refractometer (Wiki) to measure the sucrose level, Brix, (Wiki) in different fruits and vegetables. A high Brix level means, among other things, that the fruit or vegetables tastes sweeter, contain more vitamins and minerals, won't be as suceptible to spoiling, and will be hardier and thus require less pesticides. A low Brix level may be caused by harvesting the fruit or vegetables before they have ripened, that they have not had enough sunshine, been grown in bad soil, and been reared too quickly. Check the Brix standards and FAO requirements for some different fruits and vegetables in the table below, and maybe after that you'll be ready to jump over to today's post on Smart Stuff, where we've found a couple of affordable refractometers.