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the seedless overachiever that peels like it wants to be eaten
means A small, sweet, easy-to-peel citrus fruit, a variety of mandarin orange typically seedless and bright orange.
from Named after Clément Rodier, a French missionary and horticulturalist in Algeria who is credited with first cultivating the fruit in the early 20th century — the French 'clémentine' carries his name forward. There's a nice harmony in it landing on a name meaning 'mild' or 'merciful' (from Latin 'clemens'), fitting for so gentle a fruit, though that's a happy coincidence rather than the source.
- origin myth
- Likely a French monk's accidental hybrid around 1902
- the name
- Named for Brother Clément Rodier of Algeria
- seedless trick
- Stays seedless if kept away from other citrus pollen
- cold snap
- Light frost actually sweetens the fruit
- easy peel
- Loose skin means zero fingernail combat
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clementine oranges — seedless citrus fruit named after a monastery in algeria where it was first cultivated