Usually they are not ready until mid December, but they are ripening a bit early this year. I'll try to get some photos up tomorrow.

My clemenules was very late with blooming this year,f*cked up weather here.
Fruit is as big as a marble.

Mine are just starting to turn color, so I think they'll be ready in December, on time. Yumm. They always remind me of Christmas. My mom always put one at the very bottom of my Christmas stocking, in the toe. It was my most favorite part of my Christmas stocking as a kid.

Same here, but I don't want to rush into the fruit harvesting. Although it's so tempting to watch them almost turning red...

Mine too, although I have Algerian, almost completely dark orange.

Algerian is the original one.

A seedling by chance of medridian manderin and a sevilla (bitter) orange.

So, has everybody harvested their fruit? My mystery mandarins, which I think are clementines, are now a nice orange color and soft to the touch. They're being grown indoors so the harvest time will likely be different from outdoor trees.

If they are soft, they are past ripe. They should be firm.

My Clemnules are long gone. Ripe in December here. They were exceptionally good this year.

I should have described them as softened from the green, rock hard state but I get a feeling they're ready to be eaten.

Mine were gone in December as well.

Well, mine were firm to just starting to get soft by end of December. I think they're better a little firm, but by the end of December, they tend to get softer, and can taste faintly overripe. Not bad, but not their best. Clemnules are one of my most favorite citrus fruits. They remind me of Christmas, as we would get one in the toe of our Christmas stocking every year. It was my favorite thing in my stocking That, and the Allspice tangelo and the Poorman orange were 3 "oldtimers" for me, growing up in Orange County, California, surrounded by citrus.

Hello Charlyze,

> I have a Oronules in ground in my garden.
From what part of France are you?

Soit le bienvenu.

Sylvain.