Possible Clues:

• Something that's essential when raising fruit
• Orange — type of pottery
• Companion to mandarin a necessary element say in retirement
• On ascent, has got to a point overlooking area producing fruit
• Orange porcelain
• Fruit is a necessity when heading north
• A necessity when raising fruit
• Tangerine variety
• Fruit one has to like if on the turn
• Small variety of orange similar to mandarin