Clemintines briefly revisited

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Thursday, February 1, 2001 1:44 pm -0800 Kim & Rima McKinzey
<rkm at SLIP.NET> wrote:

> Re our recent thread - the food section of the SF Chronicle yesterday
> had its feature article on citrus.  In a list of Mandarin Oranges,
> which the article says:
> "The large and growing mandarin family includes the Page, Dancy,
> Honey, Satsuma, Fairchild and Clemintine varieties.  Mandarins
> generally have thin, easy-to-peel skin and separate easily into
> segments.  They may be seedless or seedy.  ..."

Does is it really spelt with two 'i's rather than three 'e's?

Lynne


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