FRUIT WHOLESALE
Fruit – Vegetable – Tropical Fruits
Fruit – Vegetable – Tropical Fruits
The genuine Chinese mandarin probably originates from Indochina and spread itself in India, Sri Lanca and on the Philippines. For a long time it was cultivated in China and Japan and finally in 19. Century arrived first to Europe, later into the USA.
Species of mandarin nowadays are cultivated world-wide, thus in all Mediterranean countries, in addition in North America and South America, South Africa, Australia and further in its Southeast Asiatic homeland.
The term mandarin meanwhile is a collective term for different species and forms of breeding. Common mandarins are yellow-orange and aromatically, however high in cores.
Mandarins grow at evergreen and thorny shrubs or trees, 2 to 8 ms in height. Since they are rather insensitive to low temperature, they also prosper in the Mediterranean countries. The plants belong to a group which contains multitudinous varieties — evolved either from coincidental natural mutation or from systemic crossbreedings. Some characteristics have all of them: They are smaller than oranges, they are easier to peel and their 8 to 12 segments easily separate of each other.
Unfortunately the cultivation of mandarins decreases continuously. Indeed the fruits taste more aromatically than all newly breedings and cross-breedings of clementines, but they contain many cores. However, coreless varieties are in great demand.
From November to February from Italy, Morocco and Spain.
Mature fruits approximately 3 days at room temperature. Like all other citrus fruits mandarins will not continue to ripen after the harvest.