21-575: [REDACTED] Look up satsuma or Satsuma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Satsuma may refer to: Satsuma (fruit) , a citrus fruit Satsuma (gastropod) , a genus of land snails Places [ edit ] Japan [ edit ] Satsuma, Kagoshima , a Japanese town Satsuma District, Kagoshima , a district in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Domain ,
42-584: A Japanese town Satsuma District, Kagoshima , a district in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Domain , a southern Japanese feudal domain led by the Shimazu clan comprising Satsuma Province, Ōsumi Province, and parts of Hyuga Province on the Kyushu island, as well as parts of Ryukyu Islands . Satsuma Peninsula , a peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Province , a former province which
63-492: A brilliant reddish orange skin at peak. Satsumas are cold-hardy, and when planted in colder locations, the fruit becomes sweeter from the colder temperatures. A mature satsuma tree can survive down to −9 °C (15 °F) or even −11 °C (12 °F) for a few hours. Of the edible citrus varieties, only the kumquat is more cold-hardy. Satsumas rarely have any thorns, an attribute that also makes them popular. They can be grown from seed, which takes about eight years until
84-564: A million Owari mikan trees were imported throughout the lower Gulf Coast states. Owari is still commonly grown in Florida . The towns of Satsuma, Alabama , Satsuma, Florida , Satsuma, Texas , and Satsuma, Louisiana were named after this fruit. By 1920 Jackson County in the Florida Panhandle had billed itself as the "Satsuma Capital of the World". However, the commercial industry was damaged by
105-419: A revolt Satsuma ware , a type of Japanese pottery Biwa , a lute with a form known as Satsuma biwa Satsuma, the car the player builds and drives in the video game My Summer Car Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Satsuma . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
126-401: A southern Japanese feudal domain led by the Shimazu clan comprising Satsuma Province, Ōsumi Province, and parts of Hyuga Province on the Kyushu island, as well as parts of Ryukyu Islands . Satsuma Peninsula , a peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Province , a former province which is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese battleship Satsuma , a battleship of
147-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages satsuma [REDACTED] Look up satsuma or Satsuma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Satsuma may refer to: Satsuma (fruit) , a citrus fruit Satsuma (gastropod) , a genus of land snails Places [ edit ] Japan [ edit ] Satsuma, Kagoshima ,
168-479: Is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese battleship Satsuma , a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy United States [ edit ] Satsuma, Alabama Satsuma, Louisiana Satsuma, Texas Satsuma, Florida Other uses [ edit ] Satsuma Loans , a UK-based short-term loan company Satsuma plum, a type of plum Satsuma Rebellion ,
189-450: Is often smooth to slightly rough with the shape of a medium to small flattened sphere. Satsumas usually have 10 to 12 easily separable segments with tough membranes. The flesh is particularly delicate, and cannot withstand the effects of careless handling. Coloring of the fruit is often dependent on climate; satsumas grown in humid areas may be ripe while the skin is still green while those grown in areas with cool night temperatures may see
210-656: Is said to have originated in either Japan or China, and because of its name, it is often described as originating in China. Genetic studies conducted in the 2010s suggest that the maternal species of Citrus unshiu is kishu ( Citrus kinokuni ) and the paternal species is kunenbo ( Citrus nobilis Lour. var. kunip ). Various cultivars have been developed based on the Citrus unshiu , and in Japan, three cultivars, namely miyagawa wase, okitsu wase, and aoshima unshu, account for nearly half of
231-501: The mandarin . Under the Swingle system , unshius are considered to be a group of mandarin varieties. Genetic analysis has shown the Satsuma to be a highly inbred mandarin- pomelo hybrid, with 22% of its genome, a larger proportion than seen in most mandarins, coming from pomelo. It arose when a mandarin of the low-pomelo Huanglingmiao or kishumikan variety (placed in C. reticulata by Tanaka)
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#1732844299529252-603: The satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin . During the Edo period of Japan, kishu mikans were more popular because there was a popular superstition that eating Citrus unshiu without seeds made people prone to infertility. Citrus unshiu became popular in Japan after modernization started in the Meiji period . It was introduced to the West from the Satsuma region of Japan in 1878. Citrus unshiu
273-612: The English names for the fruit, satsuma , is derived from the former Satsuma Province in Japan, from which these fruits were first exported to the West. The Afrikaans name naartjie is also used in South African English . It came originally from the Tamil word nartei , meaning citrus. Under the Tanaka classification system , Citrus unshiu is considered a separate species from
294-419: The Imperial Japanese Navy United States [ edit ] Satsuma, Alabama Satsuma, Louisiana Satsuma, Texas Satsuma, Florida Other uses [ edit ] Satsuma Loans , a UK-based short-term loan company Satsuma plum, a type of plum Satsuma Rebellion , a revolt Satsuma ware , a type of Japanese pottery Biwa , a lute with a form known as Satsuma biwa Satsuma,
315-547: The car the player builds and drives in the video game My Summer Car Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Satsuma . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satsuma&oldid=1191788445 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
336-780: The first fruits are produced, or grafted onto other citrus rootstocks , such as trifoliate orange . Jesuits brought the fruit from Asia to North America in the 18th century, starting groves in the Jesuit Plantation upriver from New Orleans, Louisiana (then a part of New Spain ). The municipal street "Orange" in New Orleans, was originally named "Rue Des Orangers" and the site of the Jesuit grove. The groves were later re-cultivated farther south in Plaquemines Parish to provide greater protection from harmful frosts, and have continued to
357-457: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satsuma&oldid=1191788445 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Satsuma (fruit) Citrus unshiu is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as
378-667: The present day. The Becnel family are the largest growers of Louisiana citrus. The fruit became much more common in the United States starting in the late 19th century. In 1878 during the Meiji period , Owari mikans were brought to the United States from the Satsuma Province in Kyūshū , Japan, by Anna Van Valkenburgh, the spouse of the US Minister to Japan, General Van Valkenburgh , who renamed them satsumas. Between 1908 and 1911 about
399-692: The production volume of Citrus unshiu . The unshiu is known as wēnzhōu mìgān ( simplified Chinese : 温州蜜柑 ; traditional Chinese : 溫州蜜柑 ) in China, and mikan in Japan (or formally unshū mikan ( 温州蜜柑 ) , the Japanese reading of the characters used in Chinese). In both languages, the name means "honey citrus of Wenzhou " (a city in Zhejiang province, China). An alternative Chinese name, wúhé jú ( simplified Chinese : 无核橘 ; traditional Chinese : 無核橘 ), means "seedless mandarin ". One of
420-431: Was crossed with a pomelo or pomelo hybrid, then the resulting cultivar was backcrossed with another Huanglingmiao or kishumikan mandarin. Citrus unshiu is one of the sweetest citrus varieties. It is usually seedless, and is about the size of other mandarin oranges ( Citrus reticulata ). Satsumas are known for their loose, leathery skin; the fruit is very easily peeled in comparison to other citrus fruits. The rind
441-527: Was named after Unshu (Wenzhou) , a famous production area of mandarin oranges in China, in the late Edo period of Japan. Before the name unshu mikan was established in Japan, it was called nakajima mikain or nagashima mikan after the place name of Nishi-Nakajima in Amakusa District of the Higo Province (later Nagashima, Kagoshima ), where the species was thought to have developed by mutation. It
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