
We only sell this small variety at our Newcastle, California orchard and at the Sacramento Certified Farmers’ Market. We also have a small number of super sweet Clementine mandarin trees that ripen later in the season. The most tender, easily damaged type of mandarin, Satsuma mandarin oranges are harder to find fresh in stores.Īt S & J Mandarin Grove, we primarily grow and ship certified organic Owari Satsuma Mandarins. They are also the easiest variety to peel. The taste of the naartjie can be compared to eating an orange and mandarin at the same time, both sweet and tart. Small and round, it most resembles tangerines or mandarins in both appearance and flavor. The word itself is Afrikaans, and the fruit existed as far back as 1790. They are a lighter orange, sweet, juicy, and seedless. It is sometimes described as soft citrus.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TANGERINE AND MANDARIN SKIN
Satsuma Mandarins are a specific type of mandarin orange, originating in Japan more than 700 years ago. is that nectarine is a cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy while tangerine is any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.They are easier to peel than tangerines, but not as easy to peel as Satsumas.

The mandarins you see in grocery stores called Cuties and Sweeties are Clementines. They are super sweet, seedless, and have red-orange skins that are smooth and shiny.

In fact, throughout the United States, the terms mandarin and tangerine are used interchangeably, even though they are not the same thing. To keep it simple - all tangerines are considered types of mandarin, but not all mandarins are tangerines. Unsure of the differences between these small citrus fruits, many people confuse often oranges, mandarins, Tangerines, Clementines, and Satsumas.
