CITRUS SMASH! Clementines, tangelos, mandarins, oh my! Have you ever walked through the grocery store and wondered what are the differences between all the various types of citrus fruit, especially oranges? We have! This month, along with learning about all those orange varieties, we’ll also get to snack on some delicious and juicy citrus fruits.

Sweet Oranges Mandarins Valencia Clementine Although named after Valencia, Spain, the Valencia A clementine is a hybrid between a mandarin orange originates from the area that is now orange and a sweet orange. The exterior, or peel, is California. It has a thin skin, which makes it hard to a deep orange color with a smooth, glossy peel and perfect for making orange juice. appearance, and their flesh is typically juicy and sweet. Navel Tangerine Navel oranges have that name because there is a Tangerines are smaller and less rounded than small second orange at the base of the fruit, bulging common oranges and are named after the city of out and making the end look a bit like a human Tangier, Morocco. The taste is considered less sour, navel, or belly button. Their easy to peel skin, lack as well as sweeter and stronger, than that of of seeds and strong walls of each orange segment oranges. A ripe tangerine is firm to slightly soft and make Navel oranges the number one eating orange. is heavy for its size. Blood Orange Tangelos Blood Oranges get their name from crimson, Sometimes referred to as honeybells, tangelos have almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark loose skin and are easier to peel than oranges. They flesh color is due to the presence of anthocyanin, a grow to about the size of an adult fist and can be type of pigment commonly found in many flowers readily distinguished by a characteristic “nipple” at and fruit, but uncommon in citrus fruit. the stem.

Joke: Why did the orange go to the doctor? Because it wasn’t peeling well. s April 2018

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