Apple Whole Food Market (NASDAQ: AWFM) is known for its array of innovative, high-class fruits. Designed by Apple botanists in California, grown in the lush jungles of Taiwan, Apple produce are envied by fruity middle-aged health fanatics worldwide. In the last decade, the sudden crazy for healthy, easy to consume fruit provided a tremendous boost in Apple’s profitability and market share. Despite the company’s solid success streak, Apple is running into issues with its latest innovation – the 27-inch lemon, the biggest creation in Apple’s lemon lineup.

In case you weren’t brought up to speed by the major news networks, individuals who purchased 27-inch lemons are complaining about two major defects. As the user submitted picture below clearly shows, the first defect involves the thickness of the skin. Being a loyal Apple fanboy since 1995, Mel G. Siegler tells us, “In general Apple produce are high quality. I’m willing to pay a bit more for the extra quality. But selling a 27-inch lemon with 12-inches of inedible skin is ludicrous. Apple is defrauding its fan base.”

In addition to the first defect, customers are reporting these new lemons lack the correct flavor. Across the United States, Apple users are complaining the new lemons taste buttery, salty, even spicy. “I was so excited when the UPS guy delivered my 27-inch lemon,” says Tyrone Johnson, a 24 year old construction worker who saved five weeks of pay to purchase a new Apple lemon for his family. “After slicing the sucker open, I was shocked to see how little lemon there actually was. But that wasn’t the worst of it. The lemon Apple sent me tasted like raw peppers!”

Since the 27-inch lemon’s launch day, an anonymous source in Apple’s customer service division says there has been a 15x surge in call volume. “Apple really f- up with this new product. I usually don’t mind working overtime, but spending the holiday season in a cubical blows. I miss my family.”

Two days ago, Apple issued a temporary fix for the flavor issue. By mixing specified quantities of common chemical products found around the home, people at Apple claim the flavor can be correctly adjusted. So far, the fix does not appear to be working.

Apple’s management team declined to comment on the issue.