Grapefruit may be the most misunderstood of California’s fruits. Excellent locally grown examples are available year-round at farmers markets, but it’s also easy to fall for fruit — often ...

It’s citrus season in the U.S., and if you live along the citrus belt — the string of states that hug the southern border from California to Florida — a bevy of fresh local oranges, lemons, kumquats ...

Corralitos >> For a citrus lover, this was a not-to-miss trip. Seventy members of the California Rare Fruit Growers, Monterey Bay chapter, recently visited Gene Lester”s unique collection of citrus ...

Grapefruit juice freezes exceptionally well. Pour it into ice cube trays or a freezer-safe bag, leaving room for ...

More than 200 varieties of citrus were featured at the annual Citrus Fruit Display and Tasting hosted by the Lindcove Research and Extension Center in Exeter. “It's probably broken down into 30 ...

Richard Hensz is a farm boy who found a career by tinkering with the genes of grapefruit and developing two popular varieties-the Star Ruby grapefruit, released in 1970, and the Rio Red, created about ...

Midwinter is prime citrus season for both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California districts, with an abundance of excellent mandarins, oranges, tangelos and lemons. The one laggard is ...

There’s nothing namby-pamby about grapefruit. The flavor profile can be assertive, with eye-opening tartness. The fragrance defines citrus perfume as the juice releases with a gentle crunch from ...

Three new varieties of tangerines - the TDE2, TDE3, and TDE4 - are the University of California's most recent citrus varieties to be released for commercial production. The tangerines, which are ...

When is the best time to plant a citrus tree? Just about any time you feel like it, excluding nasty mid-winter cold snaps. But no time is better than right now. South Florida summers usually bring ...

LACROSSE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — Will Florida's orange industry soon have some company? The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is set to open a new, 20,000-square foot facility ...