Don’t know your satsumas from your naartjies?

This winter we’ll be packing a variety of citrus in your Fruit Cubes – here’s a look at just some types that you can look forward to in the coming months.

Clementines

• Soft citrus
• The relatively smooth, bright orange rind is easy to peel
• With a nice sweet flavour, this soft citrus is a firm favourite
• Available for most of the winter season

Satsumas

• Soft citrus
• A light orange rind which is soft and easy to peel
• Mildly sweet flavour and very juicy, light orange segments
• Available early in the season

Minneolas 

• Soft citrus (a hybrid of grapefruit and tangerine)
• The rind is a rich orange in colour and there’s a distinct “neck” protruding from the stem area giving it a bell shape
• The fruit is very aromatic and the segments are sweet and juicy

Nadorcotts and Mors

• Soft citrus
• The rind is generally thinner and tighter, but still easy to peel and is a beautiful deep orange colour
• Available mid- to end-season and deliciously sweet

Cape Naartjie

• A locally grown favourite and available for a few weeks
• The rind is very soft, sits loosely around the segments and is very easy to peel
• The segments are sweet and juicy

Navels

• A large size orange
• An excellent eating orange because it’s not too difficult to peel
• Sweet flavour

Valencia

• A medium size orange
• With a thin rind and very juicy segments, this orange is great for eating and juicing

Images from Mouton Citrus