Satsuma: It's What's for Breakfast
By RAYMOND L. DAYE
We call them satsumas -- sweet, almost seedless, easy to peel, easy to grow and well-suited to the temperatures in Avoyelles Parish.
They, and their related citrus family, are also called mandarin oranges and tangerines.
Technically, the mandarin family of citrus started in China, the satsuma varieties came from Japan and the tangerine became a favorite snack-sized fruit by way of Tangiers, Morocco.