citrus

Hamlin Orange

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The first of the citrus season, Hamlin are an important juice orange, great cut into slices (or smiles). This improved variety from the Azores Islands was imported by Thomas Rivers in 1865. …

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Daisy Tangerines: Flavors, Benefits, and Varieties

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Daisy tangerines (also sometimes called Daisy mandarins) offer a burst of vibrant flavor and are known in the citrus world for their juicy sweetness and hint of tartness.  The Daisy tangerine’s …

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POW! Right in the Kisser

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Grapefruit will not be ignored. If you dig into one, you are just as likely to get a clownish squirt in the eye as to have your other senses treated to a trumpeter’s storm of fragrance and color. The …

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Warm Shaved Brussels and Apple Salad

By Rebecca Dienner on

Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2–3 cups Brussels sprouts*, thinly sliced or shredded (in a food processor or by hand) 1 cup crisp apple, thinly sliced 1/2 cup …

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Simple Beet Salad

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Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS Beets, 2–3 large or 4–6 small, trimmed and well cleaned ½ cup onion, thinly sliced (yellow, white, red, or green) 2 tablespoons …

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Valencia Orange

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Citrus waves are rolling in like an endless summer, brah. The primo Valencia is old-school orange. A tangy treat to take down the hall to the dawn patrol.  The Valencia "re-greens" as it ripens on the …

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Hybrids vs. GMOs

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Dear FruitFriends, In the following article, Heidi Lewis writes about genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and more specifically what they are (and are not) relative to food. The FruitGuys has …

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Fifth-Generation Family Farm: Friend’s Ranch

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Friend’s Ranch in Ojai, CA, is a regular supplier of Pixie tangerines for The FruitGuys. The Friend family and its descendants (now into its fifth generation of family farming) have been growing fruit …

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Why do some citrus have seeds and some don’t?

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We asked tangerine farmer Emily Thacher Ayala from Friends Ranch in Ojai, CA. She told us that seedlessness in citrus is a naturally occurring genetic mutation. In the last century, growers have …

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Talking About The Weather

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

There’s a fast-paced, smart device game called “Fingerzilla” that lets you rain Godzilla-like destruction down upon virtual cityscapes and towns using only your finger. While being at the helm of such …

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Customer Service Answers Some Fruit Quality Questions

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Fruit Quality Grab Bag Winter can bring some challenges to keeping fruit at the appropriate temperatures during transport. Our buyers, packers, and delivery people do their best to keep fruit …

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Gold Nugget Tangerine

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Gold Nuggets are sweet and seedless little mandarin oranges, cousin to the Satsuma, recently bred at the University of California Riverside in the foothills of the Box Springs Mountains. This Citrus …

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FruitGuy Noir: Ginny Grapefruit

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

It was the kind of month that gave a grown man a hangnail—the really nasty kind that snags easily on wool sweaters in the dry fall air and requires Neosporin and a superhero Band-Aid. I had been …

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Fresh Lemonade

By Julie Collins on

Recipe by Julie Collins INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (3–4 lemons) 1/4 cup sugar 2 cups water, room temperature Lemon slices PREPARATION Place juice, sugar, …

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Seedless Citrus

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Q: Why do some citrus have seeds and some don’t? To find out, The FruitGuys asked Emily Thacher Ayala, farmer at Friend’s Ranches in Ojai, California (Ventura County). Friend’s grows Ojai …

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Pomelo Fruit Salad

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Adapted from foodnetwork.com Brighten up your day with this refreshing pomelo and kiwi salad! It combines the tart sweetness of pomelo with the tang of kiwi, and topping it off with crunchy roasted …

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FruitGuy Noir: “Fruit Circus II – Training Day”

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

She was an outcast. A contortionist with a lowercase “c.” “I’m desperate,” she said as she walked into my office on her hands and put her card on my desk with her foot. It looked like she’d worked all …

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Kumquat

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Kumquats are the original sweet-tarts! The "sweet" is in the skin, and the "tart" is in the juice. To experience the full spectrum of flavor, eat them whole, like grapes—peel and all. Try rubbing them …

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Satsuma

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Satsumas - the little darlings of the citrus season are here. When you squeeze their pudgy little baby cheeks and exclaim, "Oy!' This little guy is an old soul!" No, no, no - Satsumas often have a …

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FruitGuy Noir: Satsuma Rainbow

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Calls were flying in like bats through a window at a mosquito family reunion. It was just my luck that someone had forgotten to smack me with two fistfuls of citronella aftershave. It was that kind of …

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