Mandarin and Clementine

MANDARIN

It contains more sugar than the orange, and it is richer in B group vitamins, calcium and phosphor.

Its peel is thin and it can be easily separated from the pulp. There are two main types of oranges: Common or Avana and Tardía de Ciaculli.

The Common type starts ripening in mid November.

The fruits are round, squashed in the bottom and top; their peel is strong orange and the pulp is highly juicy.

It contains a large amount of pips, except for the Avana seedless type.

The Tardía de Ciaculli type (from a town near the city of Palermo) is similar to the Avana type, but the ripening falls late -March and April- and the oranges contain less seeds.

Mandarins and Clementine of Sicily ~ Sicilian fruits

Mandarins and Clementine ~ Sicilian products of the Organization producers Rossa di Sicilia

CLEMENTINE (OR MANDARANCI)

It is a hybrid of orange and mandarin from the beginning of the XX century.

We can find the types Common Clementine and Monreal Clementine in Italy.

The first one are almost round oranges, slightly squashed in the bottom and top, of different sizes and orange peel.

These seedless fruits start ripening at the end of October and present good growing characteristics.

The Monreal Clementine has a different ripening season than the Common Clementine and the orange has more seeds.

THE PRODUCTS OF THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCERS

RED ORANGES

Tarocco ~ Moro ~ Sanguinello

BLONDE ORANGES

Navel ~ Ovale ~ Valencia Late