Author: Kelly Palermo

Cara Cara Oranges Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The Cara Cara is a type of navel orange with a pinkish-red flesh, offering a hybrid sweetness of tangerine and subtle grapefruit flavors. Size varies from small to large. ……. <<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – Escondido, CA Oro Blanco Grapefruit Satsumas Rutiz …

Meiwa Kumquats Grower: Garcia Description: Organic Meiwa kumquats are quite sweet; because the rind is thicker on this variety, these mouthwatering kumquats develop a much higher sugar content than Nagami kumquats. They are a light orange color, with little or no seeds. ……. <<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – Escondido, CA …

Satsuma Grower: Garcia Description: The best Satsuma mandarins have attributes that set them apart from lesser known varieties. Their red orange, leathery and oily peel is known as “zipper skin” as it clings so loosely to its flesh that it can be peeled with just a couple of tears. Left behind is a fragrant and …

Yuzu Limes Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The yuzu lime, when mature has the appearance of a stout and puffy spherical lemon. Its peel is thick, semi rough and fragrant. Its flesh contains numerous seeds and membrane that is consistent with the inner texture of its peel. The juice from yuzu limes is highly acidic …

Buddhas Hand Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: Buddha’s hand citron, AKA bushukan (Japanese) or fingered citron, produces deep lemon yellow fruits that vary in shape and size. The fruit splits at the opposite end of the tree’s stem forming segments that have a wild finger-like appearance, hence its given name. Its flesh is void of …

Italian Sorrento Lemons Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The Sorrento lemon has a lemondrop yellow, highly fragrant, medium-thick peel. Its ovate in shape with tapered ends. The pulp is translucent yellow in color and yields a large quantity of semi acidic juice. Though the flesh is very low in seeds and often seedless, the lemon …

Kishu Tangerines Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The Kishu mandarin is petite, globular-shaped and roughly the size of a golf ball. Its thin, glossy leathery and fragrant skin is attached tightly to its fragmented flesh, though it is relatively easy to peel. Its flesh is seedless, juicy and candy sweet. ……. <<Read more about this …

Warren Pears Grower: Frog Hollow Farms Description: The Warren Pear has a classic European texture, very soft and juicy with a silky sweetness that avoids the typical grittiness found in most pears. ……. <<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – Escondido, CA Oro Blanco Grapefruit Lima dulce (Sweet Lime) Life’s a Choke …

Pea Tendrils Grower: McGrath Description: Pea tendrils are the edible young leaves and shoots of a pea plant. They often contain curly vines and flowering buds. They have a distinctive and robust flavor that tastes like a cross between sweet peas and spinach. . ……. <<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – …

Hachiya Persimmons Grower: JJ Lone Daughter’s Ranch Description: Hachiya persimmons, when fully ripe are a beautiful deep orange. They are candy sweet and should feel like a water balloon when ripe. The skins are thin, similar to a tomato. The flesh is even darker and more striking then the skin. It is soft and luxurious. …