J&J Distributing

The history of the Clementine is somewhat of a mystery, although it is thought that a monk from Algeria discovered a natural mutation while working in a mandarin garden at an orphanage.

Seedling believed to be a natural mandarin x orange hybrid( tangor). Various clonal selections exist such as Koster, Herps and Robinson, and small differences in fruit quality have been demonstrated.

A wonderful fruit that grows on small evergreen trees, kumquats are entirely edible, and offer a lot of nutritional benefits: vitamins A and C (all of the bioflavinoids in the C complex), some iron and calcium, lots of fiber, and no cholesterol fat or sodium.

One medium lemon has 18 calories (approximately), no fat or cholesterol, minimal sodium and supplies a huge amount of vitamin c. 95% of the fresh lemons produced in the US are grown in California and Arizona.