You can probably rattle off Georgia's top food crops -- blueberries, peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
But there is a new fruit that's beginning to shine in a place known for peaches.
The Lowndes County Extension Coordinator, Jacob Price, says farmers there have planted about 500 acres of citrus, and we may have the biggest harvest the state has seen this year.
Now, this is primarily concentrated in south Georgia, but you can find spots in Central Georgia, too.
Brad Ellis of Ellis Brothers says his dad loves diversity on the land.
"We do blackberries, mayhaws, Japanese persimmons, we're mainly pecans, but we dabble in peaches," he rattled off.
But Brad Ellis has something growing on two acres that folks aren't used to seeing in these parts.
"People come to Georgia and they expect to buy peaches and pecans and they're waiting till they get to Florida to get citrus, but we're trying to break that mold," he said.
Farmers in 31 counties across the state, mostly in the south, have put in citrus orchards.
"These are satsuma -- it's in the mandarin family with clementines and cuties that you see in the supermarket," he said while pointing at a green orb.
Brad says his dad Elliott put in the trees ten years ago, and a picture hangs on the wall with the elder Elliott standing with a tree laden with fruit.
"I believe you could clip satsumas for two or three hours and never clip the tree off, and that on a per acre basis, there's not much out there that's producing that per acre," Brad said.
But like with any citrus plant, winter is the enemy although, satsumas stand up better to colder temperatures than oranges or grapefruits.
"They're fairly hardy to winter, it's just when it gets below 18, you're vulnerable to freeze and killing the tree," Brad explained. "When we planted them, we put irrigation at every tree, and if it ever drops down below 20, we turn on the irrigation all night."
The Ellis family puts the satsumas in gift baskets during the holidays and then sells them in the store. They start harvesting right around Thanksgiving.
"When you take the amount of fruit one of these trees will make, you know, if you find a market, build a market on it. I think it's going to be a very lucrative business," Brad exclaimed.
Satsumas don't have any seeds inside the skin.
Jacob Price did tell us there is a juicer down in Perry, Florida, so conceivably, farmers could take their lesser grade fruit down there.
Ellis Brothers is in Vienna right off exit 109 off Interstate 75.