The Tropical Fruit Forum
Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: containerman on February 25, 2020, 10:15:49 AM
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I have the following mandarins and I've heard this is alternate bearing. Is it worth adding to my collection ?
Kishu
Okitsu Wase
Owari
California Honey
Page
Tahoe Gold
Yosemite Gold
Shasta Gold
Gold Nugget
Pixie
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Sure it’s worth growing , somewhat taste like a Page, but bigger. Whether it’s worth adding, it’s up to you. You got room?
Go for it.
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Lee x Nova is a pretty good all around mandarin, and definitely an improvement on its parents. (I've tasted all three)
I think it really does depend on personal preferences though, there are different "types" of mandarin flavor.
I personally prefer the more aromatic sour mandarins. Satsuma 'Owari', Kishu and Shasta Gold are my favorites. (And Page is not bad either, has some Minneola tangelo flavor, though I would slightly prefer to eat a Minneola tangelo rather than it)
Pixie is usually the same variety as Kishu, I believe.
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I personally feel you could go either way.
If you are really a collector, you could add it to your collection, it is worth adding to a large mandarin variety collection (of all the best varieties), but I would not be too anxious to add it.
I do think Lee x Nova is better than Dancy or Gold Nugget though, if that helps at all. It's sort of a standard, very slightly sour flavorful mandarin, a little bit of tropical mandarin flavor, nicely sweet but not out of the ordinary so.
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Excellent piece of fruit and when grown in Georgia it is not alternate bearing, it doesn't bear at all!