In my opinion, the slightly better than average taste is not worth the hassle / PIA factor. Seedless Kishu - tasty but a pain in the dealing with all the small fruit. LeexNova (88-2) - transplanted and awaiting re-growth. Tasty, but not a family favorite.Ĭaffin - slow growing tree, reddish tinge to fruit make this tree beautiful! great fruit that is ready mid to late December here in NorthernCA. This one is planted in areas with half day sun max, so growth rate has been limited. Ready a bit earlier than Owari.Ĭlemenules - very productive tree with medium number of seeds in fruit. I think they are a bit too late to sweeten up as well as Okitsu.ĭobashi Beni Satsuma - large tasty fruit. Owari Satsuma - full color early December, but not sweetened up until late December. Completely seedless now after a couple of years of seeds. Tango - ready by mid to late March here in NorCal. Okitsu Wase Satsuma - ready by early December, better by late December here in NorCal. Gold Nugget - ready by late March here in NorCal. I've been tardy in posting my mandarin preferences - so will add such below. Congratulations on your successes - very nice!!!!! Thank you for sharing those pics badfish! love the idea of bending the stalks down and banding them (I was trying to do the same with a few of mine). But if you only plant a Satsuma and there is no other citrus anywhere nearby, it will be completely seedless. That's still less than other supposedly "seedless" mandarin varieties. Satsuma is nearly seedless, maybe 1 out of 3, or 1 out of 4 of the fruits have 2 or 3 seeds in them. I've had fruit from a tree that was over 25 years old and it was excellent. The first one or two years the flavor can be a little bland. Something else to be aware of, Satsuma trees can take a few years for the fruit to develop optimal flavor. So chances are there isn't all that much improvement to be gained by trying to seek out other obscure varieties of Satsuma (although they're all probably better than most other mandarin varieties). 'Owari' is the standard Satsuma and in terms of flavor, all the other Satsuma varieties are either the same as, or inferior to owari (although I don't know specifically about Miho). It's just my personal preference, but none of the other mandarins are really in the same class as Satsuma and Kishu (although I haven't tried the really rare ones). Is anyone growing Xie Shan, Lee x Nova (aka Supernova), China S-9, or any of the UCR "Gold" varieties? These are the ones I know least about. I do like a nice sugar / acid balance in a mandarin. Laura: Thanks for the data point on Miho. I like Gold Nugget because it has such a late and long season compared to other mandarins. John: Yes I have heard Pixie is a great seedless cultivar, Gold Nugget is described as Pixie-like which is understandable as the fruit looks similar and also has great flavor. I believe UCR has an irradiated seedless Fremont in the works.something to look at down the road. I have a Fremont planted and other than heavily seeded fruit it is amazing in flavor and longevity of season. I am not surprised the fruit is great tasting though as one of the parents is Fremont. Not sure if this is related but I just read that it may be a chimera and some limbs can have seedy fruit. DaisySL appears to have been removed from the UCR CCPP budwood offering. I have a Gold Nugget tree and other than appearance the fruit is amazing, just wanted to hear some other opinions on it. Back to the mandarins.īrett: I think Miho and Gold Nugget are two more finalists. New Zealand Lemonade, Australian Finger Lime, and Smith Red Valencia are others I'm considering. Steve: I have a Nagami in my grove and do not use a lot of kumquats but have heard great things about Meiwa so I plan to add one.
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