Louisiana Lagniappe

Certified Louisiana Tree Ripened Louisiana Satsumas

The fruit of the Satsuma mandarin is sweet and usually seedless.  It is smaller than the orange with unique color stages as it ripens common to mandarins.  The first signs of ripening are a slight yellow blush on the green skin.  They turn completely yellow, before turning bright orange at full maturity..  The Satsuma has a distinctive thick skin which is loosely attached to the fruit.  They are very easy to peel.

Unlike most oranges, the fruit is often ripe before the skin turns fully yellow.  A light green or slight orange tint may be the only indication they are ready to harvest.

Crop Louisiana Satsumas - Cypress trees in background behind orchard.

Caution:  Tree ripened fruit has a relatively short shelf life and can't be stored for extended periods without refrigeration.

Louisiana grown tree ripened Satsumas!

NOTE:  We ship only to continental USA, not including CA, WA, and OR.

Shipping is *NOT* included in the price below.  Shipping will be calculated during checkout after entering your shipping address.  You can cancel at any time during the checkout process.  Remember, you are shipping a large, heavy package and it is expensive!  If you fail to click on the shipping option radio button during checkout no shipping is added to your order.  Your order will be delayed until shipping is resolved.

We only ship on Mondays to avoid fruit sitting over the weekend in a shippers terminal. Orders placed on Monday will likely *NOT* ship until the following Monday.  Our fruit is not picked until orders are in hand.  The time required to wash, dry, box, and pack for shipping requires 24 hours or more depending on order backlog.  We advertise the boxes as 18 lbs and 40 lbs, but so far this year the smaller boxes have weighed around 23 lbs and the larger boxes around 44 lbs.

Damage:  The soft skin of satsumas makes them very easy to peel, a characteristic loved by all.  Unfortunately that characteristic makes the satsuma susceptible to damage in transit.  Shippers drop, throw, and bang around boxes violently during loading and unloading, then the boxes are bounced along miles and miles of highways.  This may cause the skin on some of the satsumas, especially those on the bottom of the box to rupture.  You should expect some damaged fruit, or perhaps be surprised if there is not.  There are several pounds of extra fruit in each box to mitigate any loss.  If your loss is severe, please let us know and we will ship replacements.

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THE 2009 SATSUMA SEASON IS OVER.  WE ARE NO LONGER SHIPPING SASTUMAS.  Please check back in mid-Oct 2010 when we will once again start shipping delicious LA tree ripened satsumas.

Order 1/4 bushel box here - 10 lb box - $13.50 (NOT ACCEPTING NEW ORDERS)

Order 1/2 bushel box here - 18 lb box - $26.50 (NOT ACCEPTING NEW ORDERS)

Order 1 bushel box here - 40 lb box - $44.50 (NOT ACCEPTING NEW ORDERS)

A burden to great to bear! 2007 crop satsuma tree with limbs bent to the ground with fruit.