![]() ![]() The oldest citrus fruits we know about are the mandarin, the pomelo (sometimes spelled pummelo or some other variation), the citron, and maybe the papeda. There are three, possibly four, citrus fruits seen as the ancestors of all the others, and of those four common American fruits, exactly none of them are ancestors. Here in the US, our most common citrus fruits are the orange, the lemon, the lime, and the grapefruit. To understand the clementine, we have to first understand the very strange citrus family. But how much do we really know about them? Sour at first, they get sweeter and sweeter throughout the winter, hitting peak flavor during the darkest, worst days of the year.Ĭlementines are one of the all-time great citrus fruits. It happens every year: Just as it starts to get cold and gray, the first clementines appear in stores, like neon vitamin-C packets from some higher power that knows we need them. ![]()
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