Tangelos are easy to grow in home and backyard gardens. Tangelos are hybrids of mandarins and grapefruits. The name tangelo is short for “tang” tangerine (a popular name for mandarins) and “elo” from pummelo (once the name used for grapefruits, but in actuality a separate fruit). Tangelo fruits can vary in color and size but
The mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) is a small citrus tree that resembles an orange. The mandarin orange is not one citrus fruit but many. Some mandarin oranges are called mandarins, some are called tangerines, and some are called clementines. Most mandarins are half the size of an orange or smaller, but some are just as large. Most
Pears are easy to grow. There are pears for fresh eating, cooking, and canning. Pears grow just about everywhere apples grow with the exception of far northern gardens. Grow pears in USDA Zones 4 to 9. Most pears require cross-pollination for fruit set. Choose pears that flower at the same time in spring—early, mid-spring, or
Strawberries are the first fruit of spring. They can also be one of the last fruits harvested in autumn, and they are a winter crop in many regions. To get a long harvest of strawberries, choose a combination of early harvest, mid-season harvest, and late-season harvest June-bearing strawberries, and also plant everbearing, and day-neutral varieties.
Crop rotation means moving vegetables around the garden to maintain soil fertility. By rotating crops from one spot to another each season—or even in the same season, you can preserve and even boost nutrients in the soil. Differing crops use different amounts of soil nutrients and a few crops add nutrients to the soil. How
Plant leeks and shallots in autumn and spring. Leeks and shallots are easy to grow. They are the subtle, refined-flavor alternatives to bulb onions and garlic. In mild winter regions, plant leeks and shallots in late autumn or winter. In cool–but not cold–winter regions plant leeks and shallots in late summer and autumn for spring
What Is the Adjusted Book Value? Adjusted book value is the measure of a company’s valuation after liabilities—including off-balance sheet liabilities—and assets adjusted to reflect true fair market value. The potential downside of using adjusted book value is that a business could be worth more than its stated assets and liabilities because it fails to
What Is Adjusted Cost Base (ACB)? An adjusted cost base (ACB) is an income tax term that refers to the change in an asset’s book value resulting from improvements, new purchases, sales, payouts, or other factors. An adjusted cost base can be calculated on a single or a per-unit basis and represents the actual cost
What Is an Adjusted Debit Balance? An adjusted debit balance is the amount in a margin account that is owed to the brokerage firm, minus profits on short sales and balances in a special miscellaneous account (SMA). Debit balances can be contrasted with credit balances, which are funds owed to a customer’s margin account by
What Are Adjusted Earnings? Adjusted earnings is a metric used in the insurance industry to evaluate financial performance. Adjusted earnings equals the sum of profits and increases in loss reserves, new business, deficiency reserves, deferred tax liabilities, and capital gains from the previous time period to the current time period. Adjusted earnings provides a measurement of
