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CLEMENTINES
Smart snackMarquette Elementary School – Madison, WIDecember 2013
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
2+CLEMENTINES: family tree
CITRUS
Oranges
Mandarins
Clementines Tangerines
Navel Blood Oranges
Grapefruit Limes
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
3+CLEMENTINES: basics
Clementines grow on trees and are harvested in the US from November – January.
They have dark orange skin and are smaller than most oranges.
Do you agree that clementines are popular with kids because they are: sweet, easy to peel, and have no seeds?
Most clementines have 7 – 14 segments .
4+Clementines: where in the world… Mandarins grew in China thousands of years
ago.
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).
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.
Clementines are in grocery stores year round because they are shipped in (‘imported’) from Spain, Morocco, North Africa, South Africa and Chile.
The clementines you get to eat for snack today are from California. Katie McGlenn - kwmcglenn@gmail .com
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
5+CLEMENTINES: Branding fruit
Brands can be names or designs.
Brands are used by businesses, including farms, to make one product stand out from others.
Some people believe that branding clementines increased their popularity because people could call them by a fun name.
Check out these different clementine brands – what’s similar about them?
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
6+ CLEMENTINES: uses
Eat – yum.
Cook with them – add them to salads, use fruit for shaved ice and peels for bowls, cook them to make marmalade.
Decorate – use the peel as a candle holder; create a snowman for table decoration.
Katie McGlenn - [email protected]
7+ENJOY
Clementines are fruit.
Fruits provide vitamins, minerals, and fiber – all important for healthy eating.
One clementine has 35 calories and provides all the vitamin C an 8 year old needs for a day.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementinehttp://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304373804577521241458781700http://www.sunkist.com/products/how_citrus_trees.aspxhttp://www.freshplaza.com/article/112212/US-Strong-market-for-clementineshttp://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/clementine.html
