Citrus trees are beautiful, productive, and a staple of many home and small-scale orchards—but they can be surprisingly vulnerable to cold weather. Even in Zones 8 through 10, winter freezes can appear suddenly, with little warning. One night of frost or a few hours of temperatures dipping below freezing can damage delicate leaves, flowers, fruit,…
Mandarin oranges are mostly small, easy to peel, and perfect for snacking out of hand. You can choose a mandarin for a sweet treat or a mandarin for a sweet-tart treat. Mandarins can be sectioned and added to fruit, green, chicken or seafood salads. They can be juiced to flavor sorbets, marinades, and dessert sauces,…
Lemons are used to flavor both sweet and savory dishes. They are too tart to be eaten alone. Lemons are rarely eaten raw because they are too tart for out-of-hand eating. Use lemons to flavor everything from salads to fruit desserts. Ways to serve lemons Perhaps the three most popular lemons are the Eureka, Lisbon,…
Grapefruits in general are dived into natural types: there are common white or yellow-fleshed grapefruits, and there are pigmented or pale pink to ruby red grapefruits. There are also seeded and seedless grapefruits. Beyond flesh color and seeds, you can generally say that seeded grapefruits are more flavorful than seedless. Grapefruits have a sharper flavor…
Limes, lime juice, and lime peels can be used in marmalade, jam, sorbet, chutney, pickles, salad dressing, and desserts. Limes can be important additions in sauces, fish and meat dishes, and punches and cocktails. Lime juice in small amounts accentuates the flavor of other foods. In any recipe that calls for a lemon, lime can…
Kumquats have a sweet rind and zesty tart flesh. You can eat them raw out of hand like a grape or slice them and toss them in a salad. Kumquats look like small oranges. They are seldom larger than 1¼ inches (3 cm) across, about the size of a quail’s egg. The rind is thick…
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