Boxes of tiny orange-coloured citrus fruits are flooding into grocery stores. But are they clementines or mandarins? The answer depends on where you live in Canada — unless you’re in Thunder Bay.
“Within the mandarins, then, just as you have many varieties of apples, you have many varieties of mandarins — and one of those is clementine.”
The citrus expert also noted that the words mandarin and tangerine are interchangeable.
so this suggests shipping, at least truck (or train?) produce shipping in Ontario, is mostly distance based.
She said that despite being in Ontario, the province’s major distribution hub of Toronto is roughly 1,400 kilometres away, while Winnipeg is half that distance.
“If you [have] to travel twice the distance [for a similar product], obviously I’m going to save half the money.”
