Highland Orchard

Was considering checking out the Mountain Mandarin Festival up in Auburn but detoured to Penryn (Horseshoe Bar Road) after seeing a «Mandarins» sign with an arrow. Followed the road and one of the other orchards was closed Saturdays, and somehow ended up at Highland. Outside they also have kiddie carousel ride and kettle corn. Inside you could try free samples of their satsuma mandarins, which, as advertised, are indeed hefty, tree-​ripened sweet, so juicy, easy to peel, and seedless. Yum. Buy an extra bag or you’ll run out sooner and have to make the drive back up, haha. Grown in Placer County, part of the Mountain Mandarin Association. Went home with several 10-​lb bags of satsumas (clementines are later in the season), $ 14 each. They also had them by the box in various weights, as well as mandarin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pies, cookies, and more! Cash only but they gave me a Mandarin Club stamp card, for every 12 bags of mandarins, the 13^th is free. Neat to be supporting local growers, and fresh picked, great quality produce!

Stopped here today to buy some mandarins. They were sold in 5 lb bags ($ 8.) or 10 lb bags ($ 14.) or boxed to mail.
Several baked goods & foods available to purchase.
I did notice a little carousel outside for kiddies to ride, but I didn’t investigate what activities were available. Just wanted to get my mandarins, see what baked goods were available & be on my way. There are samples available for all food items that they sell here.
I must say that these are the best mandarins that I have eaten. They’re sweet & the peel practically falls off! Seedless too! I had heard in the past that these mandarins were good & they are! Bought a mandarin bread & is tasty. Glad I made the trip here today.

Awesome! Bought a 10 lbs bag of Mandarin’s for $ 13, and then some Mandarin bread, Mandarin Jam and Mandarin Cookies. Just had one of the cookies and they are amazing. Love buying fresh produce and goodies from local farms. If you live in NorCal or are visiting, it is one of the best treasures that most people do not appreciate.

Took a drive to find Satsuma mandarins. I liked that this place listed their hours on their website. I wish it wasn’t a cash only business (but they do take checks). We were cash poor, so we ended up with a ten lb. bag for $ 13.00. We were there around noon and most of the baked goods for sale, were sold out. Would definitely recommend, just bring cash!!!