On 16/02/18 17:10, jim wrote:
Harry Bloomfield Wrote in message:
Jeff Layman was thinking very hard :
I think you are confusing oranges and mandarins/clementines.

More than possible, I have never studied the subject.


I think what you are referring to is a "clemenule" - see fruit at upper right
in picture he
http://goodfruitguide.co.uk/product/clemenules/

Like that, but with a very pronounced bulge where the stalk went, which
was why I wondered if they might have been picked to early - they
hadn't filled out properly.

I bought another box/ pack today, these are nicely rounded and lack the
bulge - just like the contents of the previous boxes. Yet to try them,
but it looks promising. I am trying increase my fruit intake.


Oranges are not the only fruit....

Just to add to this OT thread, most "hard(ish)" fruit such as apples,
pears, bananas, and sometimes stone fruits are sold in polythene bags,
but citrus fruit is packed in nets. What is the reason for this?

(All types can be found in plastic or card punnets or trays, sealed with
a film of some sort, but then so is meat and fish.)

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Jeff