Got to try some of these today. Murahilin made his way by to help taste them and to test out his new refractometer. I'll let him report more fully on the BRIX issues. My thoughts on the fruit......well......definitely very well hyped. The fruits are nice size and shaped similarly to Honey Bell/Minneola Tangelo, but more rounded and larger at the bottom. They peel exceedingly easily. There is not very much pith or fiberousness that sticks to the fruit. The segments separate very easily from each other. The segment walls are very thin and tender. The three that I have eaten thus far have been completely seedless. I did not even see a tiny undeveloped seed of any size as you might see in some navel oranges. The flavor of the fruit was quite good. I think without a side by side comparison it is difficult to say that this one or that one is better than the others. From my memory, it was as good as any mandarin that I can remember eating. The only one that I could say was potentially more intensely flavored would be Page. But, with the size (very small) of Page and the difficulty in separating the flesh from the skin and high acidity of the skin, the overall eating experience of Page would not be as good as compared with this fruit. So.....in summary......expensive, delicious, and very enjoyable eating. I would buy more! And, if I was lucky enough to find a seed....it would be planted out immediately.
Harry