difference between clementine and tangerine and satsuma

Tangerines are basically one of the pure varieties of Mandarin’s. Because this means that you’re basically able to get away with calling any of them mandarins and you’re okay, this would not be true if you were to pick any of the other names in the list. But if somebody says, “oh would you like this mandarin” then they are being less specific. So a satsuma is a mandarin, a tangerine is a mandarin etc. Mandarin is the name for the whole group. Well the first important thing is to realise that there isn’t such a thing as a mandarin. As I believe Eddie Izzard once pointed out there is a big fight going on in the world of fruit at the moment and it’s being fought right here between the oranges and these smaller things.īut what are these smaller things and how do you tell the difference between them? Well I’m sure you’ve wondered (but I suppose if you haven’t and aren’t interested yet then maybe you’d like to stop reading now?) what the differences are.

At this time of the year it’s hard to avoid the exciting world of satsumas, tangerines, clementines* and mandarins.

Difference between clementine and tangerine and satsuma