See also citrus fruits. These oranges are characterized by a loose skin which separates readily from the pulp, and by segments which separate readily from each other.
Fruit is generally oblate and smaller than sweet or round oranges.
Some Satsuma plantings are along the Gulf States, in areas too cold for other citrus. Tangerines are the type mainly grown in this country. Dancy is the leading variety of Tangerine and Owari of Satsuma. About 10 other varieties occur occasionally.