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Winter Citrus Guide

By Pia Hinckle on December 1, 2021

Winter is the peak of the citrus season. Officially beginning on the winter solstice (December 21), the bright shades of orange, red, pink, yellow and green of citrus add brightness and light to the …

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Oro Blanco Grapefruit

By The FruitGuys on December 4, 2013

A hybrid developed in 1958 at UC Riverside, yellow oro blanco gets its puffy coat from pomelo and sweet spritzy flavor from white grapefruit. Its thick skin and mild, seedless flesh create a nice …

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Oro Blanco Pummelo

By The FruitGuys on March 14, 2013

Ah, a romantic fruit. The oroblanco’s soft pillowy skin and flowery scent puff little heart clouds and “plinks” of harp strings into the air when you open one. Spanish for “white gold,” the oroblanco …

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Chickpea Salad with Grapefruit and Fennel

By Rebecca Dienner on February 27, 2013

Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 3 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans), canned or fresh One grapefruit, supremed (see Cook’s note) 1/2 cup basil, chiffoned One …

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POW! Right in the Kisser

By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 3, 2013

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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Simple Beet Salad

By Rebecca Dienner on November 28, 2012

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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Hybrids vs. GMOs

By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 4, 2012

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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FruitGuy Noir: Ginny Grapefruit

By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 4, 2011

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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Ponce Upon A Time. . .

By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 21, 2010

Day 26: The marsh of cubicles has cursed our party. We lost Lenny two days ago to the gurgling fried dough found in the quicksand pits of a budget-planning meeting. Sue has been eating the native …

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The Book of Citrus

By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 9, 2010

Jonathan Sauer, in his book Historical Geography of Crop Plants: A Select Roster, notes that “Almost nothing is certain about the natural geography and ecology of truly wild citrus. Both the …

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Gimme a C for Citrus!

By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 7, 2009

When I was 15, I had two secret wishes: first to become a ninja, second to be an astronaut. As I was already practicing my throwing-stars and rubber nunchucks skills in the backyard, I decided to join …

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Grapefruit

By FruitGuys Staff on November 22, 2009

The first grapefruit was described in Barbados in 1750. It is relatively new to the citrus group. Originally, grapefruit was most likely a naturally occurring hybrid between the pomelo and the sweet …

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