Almonds make for a hearth healthy diet and also aid in sustaining weight.Q: So, many people have been asking me, “Why are Cuties so much better than all the other brands of mandarins?”… Is there a process at your farm that makes them sweeter than other companies’?

The colder summer delayed them about a week. Q: Was your season affected by the weather at all this year?Ī: Not really. Q: What is the typical season for “Cuties”?Ī: The season is usually October through April. Once they are packed in boxes, our shipping department ships them across the nation and overseas. Then, we truck them from the fields to our state of the art packing plant, which just opened two weeks ago. We harvest in the winter season in fields from Fresno to Arvin. Q: Could you tell me a little bit about the process of getting your mandarins into the stores? Such as how they’re grown, harvested and packaged?Ī: Well, we plant a “Cutie” tree and it will take three years for it to first start producing. Here is our conversation:Ī: We grow peaches, plums, nectarines, grapes, apricots, blueberries and “Cuties”.Ī: Right now our grapes, peaches, and nectarines, but in the future “Cuties” should be the most successful. His family owns Fowler Packing Company, which grows many of the mandarins for the “Cuties” brand. Luckily, I had a chance to talk to Sam Parnagian.

Like Kerry, I have noticed many other consumers saying this same thing and wondering why “Cuties” are superior to other brands. I couldn’t tell you why though… they just taste better.”– Kerry Friend “I buy other brands of mandarins in the off seasons for the fruit, but I prefer ‘Cuties’. Kerry Friend, a chemistry professor at Cal Poly, said:

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