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CLEMENTINES
Smart snack
Marquette Elementary School – Madison, WI
December 2013
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CLEMENTINES: family tree
CITRUS
Oranges
Mandarins
Clementines
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Navel
Tangerines
Grapefruit
Blood Oranges
Limes

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CLEMENTINES: basics
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Clementines grow on trees and
are harvested in the US from
November – January.
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They have dark orange skin and
are smaller than most oranges.
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Do you agree that clementines are
popular with kids because they
are: sweet, easy to peel, and have
no seeds?
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Most clementines have 7 – 14
segments .
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Clementines: where in the world…
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Mandarins grew in China thousands of years
ago.
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Clementines are a cross between a mandarin
and an orange. A monk in Algeria is credited for
growing the first clementine (his first name was
Clement).
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Clementines were first grown in the US around
1909. They became more popular in the US
around 2000 when a really cold winter destroyed
a lot of the Florida orange crop.
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Clementines are in grocery stores year round
because they are shipped in (‘imported’) from
Spain, Morocco, North Africa, South Africa and
Chile.
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The clementines you get to eat for snack today
are from California.
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CLEMENTINES: Branding fruit
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Brands can be names or designs.
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Brands are used by businesses,
including farms, to make one product
stand out from others.
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Some people believe that branding
clementines increased their popularity
because people could call them by a
fun name.
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Check out these different clementine
brands – what’s similar about them?
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6. + CLEMENTINES: uses
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Eat – yum.
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Cook with them – add them to salads, use
fruit for shaved ice and peels for bowls, cook
them to make marmalade.
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Decorate – use the peel as a candle holder;
create a snowman for table decoration.
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ENJOY
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Clementines are fruit.
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Fruits provide vitamins, minerals, and fiber – all important for
healthy eating.
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One clementine has 35 calories and provides all the
C an 8 year old needs for a day.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304373804577521241458781700
http://www.sunkist.com/products/how_citrus_trees.aspx
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/112212/US-Strong-market-for-clementines
http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/clementine.html
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