Mandarin

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Mandarins are the sweetest of the Citrus family with a deep orange-red rind and juicy segmented flesh. New varieties mean you can have a choice of different characteristics such as seedless types, loose or firm skin types, small sweet fruit or large flat fruit.

Mandarin - Sunburst

Sunburst trees are moderately vigorous, thornless, upright and spreading. Cold hardy. Produce high quality, attractive fruit of the mandarin or tangerine type with good flavour. Reddish-orange rind at maturity. Segments easily separated. Juicy fruit with dark orange flesh colour.

Mandarin - Honey Murcott

Small to medium size flat fruit with yellow-orange skin. The fruit is smooth and easy to peel. Has some seeds. Its rich red flesh is honey sweet and juicy, with a lovely fragrance. Frost sensitive. H Aug - Sept

Mandarin - Okitsu wase (Satsuma)

Seedless, good flavour, low acid and high TSS. Satsumas are cold hardy and form a compact growing tree. They are the earliest mandarins in the marketplace. .

Mandarin - Freemont

Bright reddish-orange peel, rich flavor, tender and juicy. Some seeds, heavy bearer. Where protected from cold, fruit flavor is unsurpassed.

Dwarf Mandarin - Honey Murcott

Dwarf Mandarin - Daisy

Recently introduced variety from Californian that is showing promise over a large range of climatic regions. Large fruit size, well coloured fruit and relatively seedless. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Mandarin - Pixie

Late maturing Californian variety, seedless good flavour. Upright growth and vigorous.