By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:02:54 +0000

Hey Michael – you are correct and incorrect. I searched and found this:

A satsuma is a small seedless member of the citrus family. It is sometimes called a satsuma mandarin, since it closely resembles the mandarin orange. Satsumas are sweet, hardy, and easy to grow, making them a popular citrus cultivar around the world.

However, another search did find a Satsuma Plumb Tree that produces, of course, Satsuma Plumbs, so you are correct.

The Louisiana Satsuma is the citrus. I found this in another search:

The Louisiana Satsuma was imported from Japan in the early 1800’s and immediately adapted by the populace with it’s easily separated sections of sweet, brilliant orange fruit and easy to peel, mottled green & yellow skin.

The name, Satsuma, was created by the wife of the US Minister to Japan, General Van Valkenburg, who sent trees home in 1878 from Satsuma, the name of a former province, now Kagoshima Prefecture. During the period 1908-1911, approximately a million Satsuma trees were imported from Japan and planted throughout the lower Gulf Coast states from Florida to Texas. While this fruit is grown primarily for fresh consumption, a portion of the crop is canned as fruit segments or juice.

The Satsuma that was introduced in the early 1880s, possessed more cold hardiness than other sweet citrus plants and prompted the planting of citrus in the more northern latitudes of Louisiana. By the 1890s, Satsuma trees were planted extensively along all the southern Louisiana parishes.

Thanks so much far taking the time to post Michael, I do appreciate it!!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:43:59 +0000

I believe “satsuma” is a variety of plum.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:12:55 +0000

I really like the Abita beers and how they taste. I have had most of them and the Pecan Harvest is one of my favorites but I need to try this one here soon.

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