Re: navel oranges??

Navel oranges in the US are usually harvested by May or June. Imported from southern hemisphere growers, navels can be found, sometimes at a premium. New crops should start coming in around Nov - Dec from California and Florida. Right now they are mostly picking Valencias.

in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote on 8/27/03 10:37 PM:

The season for local navel oranges has been over for almost two months. All the vendors at the Farmers' markets around here (S California) are pushing Valencias.

Bill

I would agree with the latter statement, but not necessarily with the former. AFAIK, tangerines are also a variety of mandarin. See

rona

Bill is correct. Mandarin and tangerine are both common names for Citrus reticulata. 'Satsuma' and 'Clementine' are varietal names of C. reticulata.

in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Pat Meadows at snipped-for-privacy@meadows.pair.com wrote on 8/28/03 10:41 AM:

It is also misleading; maybe accidentally on purpose. As far as I am concerned, the satsuma mandarin is the best citrus there is. I think other varieties have been pushed on me as satsuma. The problem with them is that their season is very short.

Bill

And none of the currently available mandarins/tangerines/clementines tastes at all like the tart tangerines we got as children. Too many generations of breeding with sweet oranges has ruined the tangerine. A tangerine Jelly Belly tastes more like a tangerine than a tangerine does anymore.

Harrumph! M>

in article snipped-for-privacy@mail.bio.tamu.edu, Monique Reed at snipped-for-privacy@mail.bio.tamu.edu wrote on 8/28/03 12:22 PM:

I like my mandarins sweet and tart. There is no reason why that cannot be.

Bill