About Us
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
John 3:8
With the perfect climate, soil, and drainage for mandarin oranges, Newcastle is the ideal location to produce this desirable fruit. Planted in 1998 at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, all 800 trees bear a plentiful crop during the mandarin season on what was, many years ago, a thriving fruit orchard.
Meticulously cared for throughout all the seasons, Newcastle Mandarin Ranch prepares for and anticipates the coming months during November and December for its first burst of orange color, followed by an exciting season of this incredibly sought-after little orange citrus fruit.
Here at the ranch, we continuously strive to improve our business. Mandarin orange sales begin in mid-November and continue throughout the month of December and are sold at our ranch and additional retail stores. Aside from mandarins, we offer our product line of delicious Newcastle Mandarin Ranch barbecue sauces, pepper sauce, syrup, dressing and marmalade, all made with our own fruit and sold year round. Currently, we keep a bee apiary on-site. The bees pollinate in spring and summer and provide us with raw honey for the mandarin selling season.