The difference between mandarin oranges and tangerines is the size of the body, the appearance, the time of the market and the ease of peeling the flesh.

1, from the head to distinguish: oranges and mandarin oranges are larger, tangerines are smaller.

2, from the rind to distinguish: citrus rind feel thicker, can feel the rind and flesh between the next not tight; orange rind is relatively smooth, not so thick, and orange rind is the thinnest.

3, from the peeling peeling meat on the degree of difficulty to distinguish: orange peel is the best peel, orange peel is the most difficult to peel; citrus and tangerine pulp can be peeled into a small flap, orange pulp is more difficult to peel the flap. Generally citrus and oranges are directly peeled and eaten, while oranges need to be cut into small pieces with a knife to eat.

As for which of these 3 citrus fruits to buy, all three are fruits with high nutritional value.

4, listing time arrangement: orange > orange > citrus. Tangerine is the earliest, usually from August to November; orange is from November to December; citrus is listed in December.

Selection method:

Selection of mandarin oranges and oranges in the line of popular saying: "high body orange, flat body citrus, light body orange". Oranges should be selected tall and thin, citrus should be selected in the shape of a flat round, tangerine should be selected smooth peel.

The experience of picking sweet-flavored mandarins and oranges is pretty much the same, no matter what the variety is, first of all, pick the mandarin orange with a ring-shaped circle in the middle of the bottom, which is usually sweeter.

Don't pick a mandarin orange that has a point in the middle of the bottom, as this will taste more sour. In addition, the top of the mandarin orange, where the stem and leaves are attached, is concave and sweeter. The ones that stick out at the top have a lesser flavor.

Secondly, the skin should be smooth, smooth like a baby's skin, the peel is rough like the face of the hemp don't choose, but the winter popularity of tangerines, on the contrary, to pick the skin is very rough, smooth instead of good.

Select oranges: buy oranges, first of all, to pick a tall, thin oval, hold the hand on the weight to be heavy, don't buy too big and too obese, the larger the head of oranges, near the fruit stalks, the more likely to lose water, and eat up the dryness of the.

The second is to pick the bottom of the orange that is "navel" on a small circle, the flavor is sweeter, if the "navel" place is a point, then the flavor will be much worse. Navel oranges, it is "navel" on the circle concave more sweet.