| VARIETY |
SEASON OF |
SEEDS/ |
FRUIT |
COMMENTS |
| CLEMENTINE Citrus clementina |
OCT – FEB |
FEW |
SMALL |
Sweet, easy peel, orange peel color. Spain. Cold hardy. |
| DANCY |
DEC – JAN |
MANY |
SMALL |
One of FL’s oldest tangerine varieties.Traditional Christmas tangerine. Peel deep red color; easy to peel (zipper-skin).Excellent fruit quality, richly flavored, acidic. Similar to Ponkan but smaller. Upright, vigorous growth, large tree, thornless, alternate bear. Some cold resistant, fruit susceptible to frost. |
| KING MANDARIN (King of Siam) Citrus nobilis |
MAR – JUN |
MANY |
LARGE |
Thick, rough, lumpy rind, easy peel, superb flavor-sweet, flesh deep orange. Very productive, medium-size tree with large leaf. Fairly cold hardy. |
| MURCOTT (Honey Tangerine) Tangerine X sweet orange |
JAN – MAR |
MANY |
MEDIUM |
Exceptionally sweet, juicy with a zipper like peel. Yellowish-orange peel, deep red flesh, heavy bearer. Tight, thin skin. Heavy, alternate bearer. Vigorous, bushy tree w/ willowy branches. Cold sensitive. |
| PONKAN(Chinese Honey) Mandarin Citrus reticulata Ponkan |
DEC – JAN |
FEW |
LARGE |
Excellent fruit quality. Easily peeled. Sweet, low acid. “Old Tangerine” similar to Dancy but bigger. Fruit is round, flat on top & bottom. Upright & vigorous growth, med-size tree. Alternate bearing. Good dooryard variety. Cold hardy. |
| ROBINSON Mandarin Clementine X Orlando |
OCT – DEC |
VARIES |
SMALL – MEDIUM |
Very sweet. Easily peeled. Deep red flesh and peel color. Harvest prior to color break. Susceptible to limb breakage if fruit bearing too heavy. Twig & limb dieback, prune out dead wood. Cold hardy. **similar to Sunburst * FallGlo (cross w/ Temple – lot of Temple taste)** |
| SATSUMA Citrus unshiu |
SEPT – NOV |
FEW |
SM-MED |
Sweet with low acid, easily peeled. Fruit segments good for canning in syrup or natural juice. Early harvest, can be harvested before full peel color. Sparse foliage growing habit; slow growing. Cold hardy. |
| SUNBURST Robinson X Osceola (clementine X Orlando) |
NOV – JAN |
VARIES |
SM-MED |
Bright red peel and flesh color, excellent eating. Fruit should exhibit some color before harvest. Easily peeled. Matures after Robinson, before Dancy. **similar to Robinson* |