The Tropical Fruit Forum

I used C-35 for grafting my Shiranui budwood. From everything I've read it performs well with many mandarins and yields trees with big production from a young age that are semi-dwarf to full sized, depending on the cultivar. Also a very large citrus nursery is trialing this variety on C-35. They have been in business for decades and know their stuff.

It really depends on what you are doing with the trees, in ground, in pots, etc. I would also consider Trifoliate for semi-dwarf, Carrizo for large size, or Flying Dragon for dwarf.

It depends on the type of plants, these guys mainly attack citrus but can affect other species. See more info here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllocnistis_citrella

They also only attack young growth so if your Page tree was the only one flushing when the moths were active it would be the only one affected.

JF: What is your source for the Temecula mandarin?

I have read a bit about this one and have seen it called Temecula Sweet or Temecula Ugly. Sounded like only one grower has these planted and they are infected with Tristeza. Is there a source for trees?

I have read there may be a rootstock incompatibility between Moro and C-35. See here...
http://cetulare.ucanr.edu/files/201441.pptx

Durling Nursery uses Trifoliate for most of their semi-dwarf trees. They do grow Moro and their trees are stocked at Home Depot and Armstrongs in SoCal, not sure what other regions they stock. I would suggest calling them and inquiring about finding a Moro in your area, you can also confirm that they specifically use Trifoliate in combo with Moro. They also stock something they call Red Valencia which I am pretty sure is Smith Red though not positive. Their number is 800-633-4411.

Good luck!