deep orange in color. sweet and slightly sour. Harvest: When peel is a orange-red Description: The flesh is red, sweet, Uses: Rind and juice often used to Spring. Uses: Used in Filipino delicacies like Harvest: January-March. color, from October to December. and not very acidic. make marmalade. Uses: Eaten fresh or in fruit drinks, 4-6 Panache Tiger Fig [Ficus carica] pancit palabok, Leyte kinilaw, and Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Uses: Used in cookies and pudding Harvest: Usually November -April syrups, jams, wines, pies, etc. Origin: Western Asia. arroz caldo. Also used to treat itchy recipes or enjoyed fresh. Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. 3-10 Chandler Pomelo [Citrus 3-17 Jubilee Blueberry [Vaccinium Description: Small green figs with scalp, cough, heal insect bites, remove 2-6 Oro Blanco Grapefruit- 3-2 Lane Late Navel Orange [Citrus maxima] corymbosum] yellow stripes and dark red flesh. freckles, deodorize armpits, remove DOUBLE, see 1-3 2-13 Contorted Jujube [Zizyphus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] Origin: Bred at UC Riverside, by Origin: Mississippi. Harvest: August-November. fabric stains, and clear skin of acne. jujuba] Origin: Australia in 1950. crossing a Siamese Pink pomelo and a Description: A hardy bush with Uses: Best eaten fresh. 2-7 Improved Meyer Lemon [Citrus Origin: China. Description: Smooth, bright orange- Siamese Sweet pomelo. abundant production of moderately 1-6 Indio Mandarinquat [X x meyeri] Description: Walnut-sized fruit, red peel. Bright, juicy, sweet flesh. Description: Large, with thick yellow sized, light blue berries. 4-7 White Genoa Fig [Ficus carica] Citrofortunella sp.] Origin: Meyer Lemons were brought brown and green peel. Harvest: February-June. peel. Pink, sweet, sightly sour flesh. Harvest: June. Origin: Central Italy. Origin: U.S. Date & Citrus Station, from China to the US by Frank Meyer Harvest: Pick when peel is mostly Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. Harvest: November-June. Uses: Eaten fresh or used in jams or Description: Green skin and sweet, About the Orchard at Indio, CA, 1972. of the USDA in 1908. The Improved brown with only a few green patches. Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. baked goods. juicy, pale pink flesh. Quarry Lakes Rare Fruit Description: Olive-sized, ornamental, variety was released in 1975 by the Uses: Eaten fresh, dried, or candied. 3-3 Moro Blood Orange [Citrus Harvest: July. Grove slightly pear-shaped fruit. Orange University of California. Can be substituted for raisins or dates. sinensis (L.) Osbeck] 3-11 Hachiya Persimmon [Diospyros 3-18 Southmoon Blueberry Uses: Good eaten fresh, dried, or rind. Description: Medium-sized, round Origin: Sicily kaki] [Vaccinium x ‘Southmoon’] made into jam. Harvest: Primarily year round. fruit with thin yellow skin. Small 2-14 Fruiting Mulberry [Morus spp. Description: Medium-sized, with a Origin: China. Origin: Florida. 1-1 Chinotto Flowering Orange Uses: Can be used in food and drink fragrant white flowers. Moraceae] burgundy-orange peel. Dark red flesh. Description: Unlike the flat and firm Description: Berries are large and 4-8 Unknown Fig [Citrus myrtifolia Rafinesque] or for decorative purposes. Harvest: Year-round. Origin: Eastern and central China. Harvest: January. Fuyu persimmon, the Hachiya is soft, light blue, with hearty, sweet, and tart Origin: Brought to Europe from Uses: Used to make lemonade. Juice Description: Tolerant of drought, Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. juicy, and heart-shaped. flavor. 4-9 Tejocote- Mexican Hawthorne China. 1-7 Eustis Limequat [X and zest is used for cooking. pollution, and poor soil. Very sweet Harvest: Ripe when flesh is soft and Harvest: Mid-May. [Craetaegus Mexicana] Description: Small, dark green Citrofortunella sp.] and juicy red fruit when ripe. 3-4 Sanguinelli Blood Orange peel is a deep orange in color. Very Uses: Eaten fresh, or in baked goods. Origin: Mexico. leaves. Small, slightly tart fruit with Origin: Hybrid of West Indian Lime 2-8 Yuzu-Citrus Junos [Citrus Harvest: Ripens in late Spring. [Citrus sinenesis (L.) Osbeck] astringent flesh when unripe. Description: Small yellow-orange few seeds. and the round kumquat. junos] Uses: The leaves are used to feed Origin: Spain. Uses: Eaten raw or used in deserts. 3-19 Wonderful Pomegranate fruit. Sweet and tart taste. Harvest: Winter to early spring. Description: Yellow peel, lime-like in Origin: Hubei Province, China. silkworms. Fruit can be used in pies, Description: Dark, purple-red flesh, [Punica granatum] Harvest: February. Uses: Use juice, rind, and zest in food appearance, size, and taste. Description: Tangerine-sized, thick wines, or eaten fresh or dried. large, seedy, and sweet. 3-12 Lang Jujube [Zizyphus jujuba] Origin: Pomegranates originate from Uses: In Mexico, it’s enjoyed raw, and drink such as marmalade or juice. Harvest: Typically year-round. yellow-orange rind, subtly sweet flesh. Harvest: December-February. Origin: China. northern India region. This variety cooked, candied, or canned, or offered Uses: Ornamental, also used as a Harvest: September-October. 2-15 Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. Description: Reddish-brown and was introduced to California in 1896. to the deceased on Day of the Dead. 1-2 Variegated Pink Fleshed Eureka substitute for limes in food. Uses: Juice and zest is used in [Morus spp. Moraceae] wrinkly when ripe. Sweet, pear- Description: Large, purple-red skin, lemon (Pink Lemonade) [Citrus x cooking when the fruit is still slightly Origin: Illinois, 1947. 3-5 Trovita Orange [Citrus sinensis shaped, and chewy. dark purple juice. Orange-red 4-10 Red Azarole [Crataegus limon L. Burm.f.] 2-1 Buddha’s Hand Citron [Citrus green. Description: Sweet, juicy, (L.) Osbeck] Harvest: September-October. blossoms bloom in late spring. azarolus] Origin: Arose from Eureka Lemon in medica var. sarcodactylis] blackberry-like fruit. Origin: The Citrus Research Center in Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Harvest: September-October. Origin: Italy. home garden in Burbank, California. Origin: Northeastern India or China. 2-9 Kaffir Lime [Citrus hystrix] Harvest: July-September. Riverside, CA, in 1916. Uses: Eaten fresh or in juices. Description: Small, red berries that Description: Leaves are green and Description: The fruit’s shape looks Origin: India or Southeast Asia area. Uses: Used in pies or eaten fresh. Description: Moderately sized, juicy, 3-13 Li Jujube [Zizyphus jujuba] taste like apple. white. Striped green and cream rind. like fingers closed in prayer. Thorny Description: Small and round, with not too sweet. Origin: China. 4-1 Black Spanish Fig [Ficus carica] Harvest: October-December. Solid yellow rind when fully ripe. branches, fragrant white flowers, thick thick, bumpy, green skin and pale, 2-16 Self Fruiting Che (Chinese Harvest: Early Spring. Description: Similar to the Lang Origin: Spain. Uses: Best eaten fresh. Birds and Light pink, acidic flesh and juice. light orange peel, very acidic. very sour flesh. Melonberry) [Cudrania tricuspidata] Uses: Fruit is eaten fresh. jujube, the Li is reddish-brown and Description: Large, mahogany other wild animals feed on this fruit. Harvest: Spring, when rind is yellow. Harvest: November-January. Harvest: Year-round. Origin: Eastern Asia. wrinkly, but is rounder in shape. colored fruit with sweet, red flesh. Uses: Cook with juice, rind, and zest. Uses: Used in China and Japan to Uses: The zest is used in Tahi curries. Description: Slightly sweet, 3-6 Bearss Lime [Citrus x latifolia] Harvest: September-October. Harvest: July. 4-11 Yellow Azarole [Crataegus perfume rooms and clothing. Also Leaves are used to flavor chicken and cantalope-flavored fruit. Bumpy red- Origin: Possibly Tahiti. Uses: Eaten fresh or dried. Uses: Usually eaten fresh. azarolus] 1-3 Oro Blanco Grapefruit [Citrus used as religious offering in Buddhist other Southeast Asian dishes. Fruit purple skin. Description: White blossoms, and Origin: Mediterranean. paradisi Macfadyen] temples. Zest can be cooked with. can also be candied whole. Harvest: Ripe when maroon-red in moderately large, acidic, juicy flesh. 3-14 Princess Diana Juneberry 4-2 Black Mission Fig [Ficus carica] Description: Small and yellow- Origin: University of Riverside,1958. color, usually October-November. Harvest: Smooth, light yellow rind (Serviceberry) [Amelancier x Origin: Introduced at Mission San orange in color. Tastes like Released under patent in 1981. 2-2 Owari Satsuma Mandarin 2-10 Etrog Citron [Citrus medica] Uses: Silkworm diets consist of the when ripe. Usually late Fall. grandifolia] Diego by Junipero Serra in 1769. hawthorne. Description: Cross between a seedy [Citrus unshiu Marcovitch] Origin: Possibly Persia. leaves of this fruit tree. Fruit can be Uses: Used in pies, tarts, and juices. Origin: Used by Native Americans in Description: Small, dark-skinned, Harvest: February. grapefruit and an acid-free pomelo Origin: China and Japan. Description: About six inches long eaten fresh, dried, or in baked goods. Northern United States area. sweet fruit. Uses: Eaten fresh, candied, or cooked variety. Golden yellow, thick peel. Description: Medium size, seedless, and odly shaped when ripe. Pale, 3-7 Rangpur Lime [Citrus x limonia] Description: Small, round, and purple Harvest: August. down into a jam. Pale yellow, relatively sweet flesh. slightly sweet. Loose, leathery skin. green-yellow, bumpy skin. Dry, bland 2-17 Early Girl Mulberry Origin: Possibly Rangpur, when ripe. Look like blueberries, but Uses: Can be eaten fresh, canned, Harvest: Winter or early spring when Harvest: October-December. flesh. Bangladesh. taste different. dried, or used in baked goods. 4-12 Texas Star Mayhaw [Crataegus rind has turned golden yellow. Uses: Best enjoyed fresh. Harvest: January. 2-18 Pakistan Mulberry [Morus Description: Hybrid between lemon Harvest: June. series Aestivales] Uses: Fruit and juice used in desserts, Uses: Used in the Jewish holiday, Macrura] and mandarin orange. Orange colored Uses: Used in pies, jams, and fruit 4-3 Blue Giant Fig [Ficus carica] Origin: North America. salads, or Asian savory dishes, paired 2-3 Honey Mandarin [Citrus Sukkot. It is wrapped in silk and Origin: Islamabad, Pakistan.