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Photo by Todd Porter and Diane Cu; written by Sharon Cohoon

The best squeezes

Want to know the best types of juicy citrus to grow? Diane and Todd conduct cooking classes, lead food tours, and recently took photographs for Cristina’s Big Bowl of Love, TV personality Cristina Ferrare’s forthcoming cookbook. What follow are the varieties of citrus they can’t live without. Except where noted, most are easy to grow in Sunset climate zones 8, 9, 12–24.


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