From the fields, in writing

In summer the orange tree has fruit, but it’s green and the size of a walnut: it’s next year’s crop. What’s sold in August comes from somewhere else.

«Seasonal» has become a claim stuck on everything. This is what it actually means and what changes inside the fruit.

January has mandarins and no persimmons; August has neither. The full calendar of what’s picked in the Ribera, month by month.

Valencian oranges don’t last all year, and the ones sold in August come either from a long way off or from a cold store. This is the real calendar, variety by variety.