There are many varieties of tangerines, including: sugar tangerine, honey tangerine, Gongtan tangerine, Changxing Island tangerine, Huangyan tangerine, Sumac tangerine, navel orange, mandarin orange, four seasons tangerine, Golden Egg Fruit, Dai Dai, sweet orange, Fukutsukan tangerine, Ye tangerine, Tiantai Mountain tangerine, Gongtan tangerine, Huangyan honey tangerine, and so on.

The three major tangerine varieties that are delicious:

(1) Sugar tangerine Sugar tangerine, also known as October tangerine, is a fruit. The color of the rind orange and yellow luster, thin skin easy to peel, orange peel covered with small sand points, feel more rough, the fruit is flat and round, the top of the tumor-like protrusion, the tip of the umbilical cord end of the depression, the flesh color red, no white membrane, meat crisp and juicy, eat sweet, nuclear is also less. Lipu County, Guangxi is now the largest county in the country in terms of the area of cultivation of sugar oranges. The real sugar orange is small and more proportionate. The surface is not too smooth, a small pit even a small pit. On the palate, it tastes clear and sweet, sweet and savory, without dregs. Honeydew orange and satsuma orange are the most similar, the head is similar, but also can be distinguished. Honeydew oranges have a smoother surface, and of course the main thing is the flavor. The flavor of the honey orange and the light sweetness of the satsuma orange is not the same, more intense, and even a little medicinal flavor, eat more residue.

(2) Vaucan. Wokan is a late hybrid citrus varieties, by the "Temple" orange orange and "Dancy" red orange hybrids, the production of orange, red orange, Hoven, Hoven orange as rootstock, but with Hoven pomelo grafting is not affinity, should be avoided. (3) Gongkan is a natural hybrid of orange and tangerine, with the double advantages of orange and tangerine, known as the "King of China Citrus". Fruit shape is beautiful, fruit color is golden, thin skin, less nuclear, crisp meat without slag, sweet and honey, high sugar and low acid, rich flavor, which concentrates on the beauty of the orange class appearance and citrus meat tender, easy to peel the double advantages for other citrus varieties is difficult to compare, known as the king of citrus. Tribute citrus is also known as "Emperor Citrus" or "Guifei Orange". It was listed in the imperial court as a tribute for the emperor's imperial use, and thus got the name "Gongkan". It is said to be Wu Zetian's favorite fruit.

Extended information:

1. Oranges are the fruits of perennial plants in the family of Rutaceae, and China is one of the main origins of the orange tree. The ancient Chinese had a long history of consuming oranges and cultivating wild orange trees in captivity.

2. There are several varieties of tangerine, but the common one is still ponkan, which has a plump outer skin that hides fleshy petals and consists of juice bubbles and seeds. Tangerine is a tropical crop, mainly grown in southern China. Tangerine is colorful, sweet and sour, and is a common and delicious fruit in autumn and winter.

3. Tangerines are rich in vitamin C, which has great benefits for the human body. In Chinese medicine, orange is warm food, easy to fire, so can not eat more.

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