How else can you tell in a store whether tangerines have seeds or not?
It is impossible to imagine the New Year without citrus fruits, especially tangerines. And on other days it is difficult to refuse these aromatic fruits. Ideally, a tangerine is juicy, fragrant, with a bright, easily separated skin. And, of course, seedless. Unfortunately, the last property is the most difficult to determine. For many, buying these citrus fruits turns into a lottery. But we will try to fix this and teach you how to accurately determine whether a tangerine has seeds or not.
At the market, you can ask the seller or even ask him to let you try the fruit. But in the supermarket and the grocery store, this does not work and you will have to rely only on your knowledge. You do not need deep knowledge of botany, everything is much simpler.
The presence of seeds in tangerines is one of the varietal features. If you can determine the variety, you will easily choose exactly the fruits you need. In the supermarket and at the market, the full name of the product is not always indicated, and sometimes it can be indicated incorrectly. Therefore, you also need to focus on external signs.
This tangerine is a hybrid of a manger and a tangerine. And, alas, one of the varieties with the most seeds. There can be 3 or more in one slice. You can distinguish Murcott tangerines by their flattened poles, noticeably depressed top and small ribs. The peel of this variety is yellow-orange and tightly adheres to the pulp, making peeling difficult.
The variety is a hybrid of mandarin and grapefruit. These are large, round mandarins with red-orange peel and an elongated top resembling a cap. If you are not a fan of picking seeds, then this is definitely not your option. "Mineola" can compete in "boniness" with "Murcott".
The most popular variety of seedless tangerines is the Satsuma. They have a thin peel that is very easy to remove. Its color is bright, yellow-orange, and the surface is covered with clearly visible tubercles. The fruit has a slightly flattened shape and a diameter of 7-8 cm. By the way, the Satsuma variety has several varieties that are also seedless.
One of the forms of Satsuma mandarins, also seedless. This fruit, bred by breeders from Japan, is also yellow-orange and has an easy-to-peel skin. "Unshiu" are flattened on both sides, and there is an empty space under the skin at the top. The average fruit weighs 70 grams.
The variety of tangerines bred in Morocco also has no seeds. Their peel is bright orange, with a glossy surface. An important difference of the variety is the two-sided coloring of the peel - inside it is as orange as outside. But "Nadorcotte" has one drawback - if the rules of pollination are violated during cultivation, then the fruits may have seeds. But this does not happen often.
A common hybrid of orange and mandarin in our country. It has almost no seeds, and the fruits are round and large, so these mandarins are easily confused with small oranges. The peel of "Clementines" is bright orange, dense and bumpy. They are most often bought at Christmas and New Year, since their peak season is in the middle of winter.
Choose tangerines that you like, without any unexpected surprises. But remember that even with these vitamin-rich fruits you need to know when to stop. And how do you determine the presence of seeds?