Forty years ago, if you bought a mandarin orange at the market, chances were high it was a Fairchild tangerine. I don’t know why they were even popular. They were so difficult to peel and just loaded ...

As we count down to the holidays, many of us add a variety of living plants to augment the season's festive atmosphere: live Christmas trees, Christmas cacti and poinsettias. In the Bay Area, citrus ...

There's still plenty of time to plant Satsuma Orange Frost, the new extremely cold-tolerant mandarin. So says David Rodriguez, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for horticulture in Bexar ...

Satsuma mandarins are abundant in vitamin C, supporting immune health and providing antioxidants that combat free radicals in the body. Satsumas are a good source of dietary fiber, aiding digestion, ...

In the depths of winter, citrus fruits are more than just a ray of sunshine—they’re a godsend for hyperseasonal mixologists like Francine Stephens of Franny’s, whose inventive cocktail list has ...

People who eat seasonally often extol the abundance of summer as the epitome of the fruit and vegetable season. Sure, summer has it's stars: tomatoes, berries, peaches, summer squash. But when it ...

If there was ever a fruit designed just for little hands, it’s the mandarin — and the Satsuma is the king of mandarins. Kids — and grown-ups — love how easy it is to peel this sweet, juicy little ...

Orange County offers both opportunity and pitfalls for farmer’s market shoppers. The area’s demand for fresh local produce far exceeds the supply, particularly for crops such as stone fruit and apples ...

The Laguna Beach farmers market, held in a city parking lot below a huge bluff, has remained a stable, successful venue for the past decade. It features about 20 produce vendors, including three ...

It is high satsuma season here in South Alabama -- and we are certainly having a plentiful harvest at our house. In our backyard urban Eden, we have three wildly prolific satsuma trees and thus, this ...