"Have you ever tried the Sumo tangerine?" asked Art's cousin, Renee.
No we hadn't. Renee said it was a rather strange looking tangerine with a rather knobby, easy to peel skin. Since we were walking to zumba together, she brought a couple over for us to try. That was very kind of her because they run about $3.00+ a pound.
At one time the Sumo tangerine cost between $8.00 a fruit in Japan and South Korea which were the only places you could get them until some farmers in California starting growing them. The Sumo tangerine was developed by a grower from the Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. He created a hybrid between the easy to peel Satsuma tangerine and the large sweet California orange. The Sumo tangerine is called Dekopon in Japan and Hallabong in Korea.
We weren't sure what to expect. They were easy to peel, large for tangerines, juicy and sweet. The fruit texture was a little different from what we expect a tangerine to be. It was more like easy to separate tangerine sections but had the feel of an orange. Oh yes! It was very, very good.
It was also good that there were no Sumo seeds because I'm seeing two of my California Meyer lemon seeds starting to germinate, and I have no idea where I'm going to plant them. Don't tell Mom. She still thinks I'm nuts planting the Satsuma Tangerine.
Hmmm.... maybe Renee has some space to plant a lemon tree. I'll have to ask her.
No we hadn't. Renee said it was a rather strange looking tangerine with a rather knobby, easy to peel skin. Since we were walking to zumba together, she brought a couple over for us to try. That was very kind of her because they run about $3.00+ a pound.
At one time the Sumo tangerine cost between $8.00 a fruit in Japan and South Korea which were the only places you could get them until some farmers in California starting growing them. The Sumo tangerine was developed by a grower from the Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. He created a hybrid between the easy to peel Satsuma tangerine and the large sweet California orange. The Sumo tangerine is called Dekopon in Japan and Hallabong in Korea.
We weren't sure what to expect. They were easy to peel, large for tangerines, juicy and sweet. The fruit texture was a little different from what we expect a tangerine to be. It was more like easy to separate tangerine sections but had the feel of an orange. Oh yes! It was very, very good.
It was also good that there were no Sumo seeds because I'm seeing two of my California Meyer lemon seeds starting to germinate, and I have no idea where I'm going to plant them. Don't tell Mom. She still thinks I'm nuts planting the Satsuma Tangerine.
Hmmm.... maybe Renee has some space to plant a lemon tree. I'll have to ask her.
