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 ...

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 ...

If you are looking for a fruit tree that produces in the fall with a minimum of care, consider a ‘Satsuma’ mandarin. Ronald Chong, our conscientious correspondent from Hacienda Heights, emailed a ...

This citrus tree is a slow-grower, but when it does mature it reaches a height of up to 15 feet and produces sweet fruit that ...

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 ...

Peaches are Georgia’s signature crop, and the state is one of the nation’s leading producers of peanuts, pecans and blueberries. However, the 100 acres of citrus at Franklin’s Citrus Farm in ...

If you are looking for a fruit tree that produces in the fall with a minimum of care, consider a ‘Satsuma’ mandarin. Ronald Chong, our conscientious correspondent from Hacienda Heights, emailed a ...