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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

These two citrus fruits have more in common than you may think, but their culinary uses vary thanks to key differences in ...

Q: My Satsuma tangerines are beginning to turn orange. How do I know when they are really ripe? A: How wonderful it is to have citrus to pick from your own backyard. It is one of the joys of living in ...

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 ...