The sweetest fruit of orange is adored by both adults and children. In addition to the wonderful taste and pleasant aroma, our compatriots buy citrus with kilograms to saturate the exhausted organisms in the autumn with vitamin C, which helps fight against colds and infections. But how many of us think about where mandarins grow?
Where does the mandarin grow?
In general, the homeland of this sun fruit is considered the southern lands of China and Cochin, the historical territory of modern South Vietnam. There the cultivation of sweet round fruits was practiced for thousands of years, it was revered, referred to the symbols of the nobility. When, as in European countries, the mandarin came only at the beginning of the 19th century, it quickly gained popularity and even began to grow in the warm climatic conditions of the Mediterranean. Today in the list of countries where mandarins grow, the leading positions are taken by Spain, Italy and the southern regions of France. If we talk about Europe, the mandarins also grow in the cooler regions of Greece.
The environment of growth is also considered some countries of North Africa, where fine climatic conditions prevail - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco . If you talk about which countries in Asia are growing mandarins, it is primarily the Philippines, India, the south of the PRC, Japan, Korea. In the Middle East, it is first of all worth mentioning Turkey.
Today, mandarins are grown on an industrial scale in the southern states of the United States, where the seedlings of this citrus culture were imported at the end of the 19th century by the Italian ambassador. The place where you can meet mandarin plantations is New Orleans, California, Texas, Georgia and Florida.
They cultivate these citrus fruits in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala and in small quantities in some other regions of Latin America.
Do mandarins grow in Russia?
The territory of the Russian Federation includes not only regions with a harsh climate. There are regions where the most favorable conditions exist for the cultivation of these beautiful fruits. The place where mandarins grow in Russia is, of course, the Northern Caucasus and the south of the Krasnodar Territory. Plantations have small sizes, but, the less, some successes in the cultivation of these citruses are available.
In addition, a sufficient amount of cultivating mandarins in Abkhazia. This is a partially recognized state, a territory belonging to Georgia.
Today it is the northernmost area of mandarin cultivation.