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Noble Juicy Crunch Tangerine
brian:
I have never heard of or seen this type. I'd be interested in trying it, but there are so many excellent cultivars at this point I think any new advantage may be best adapting to the local climate.
I have had many mandarins from south america, europe, middle east, africa that were all nice, and also ones that were very poor. I don't see many mandarins for sale (in grocery stores near me) from Florida, though.
Meanwhile, if I can get great tasting mandarins to grow in Pennsylvania, it makes me question the whole idea. Kishu, Dekopan, and Shasta Gold are all consistently excellent for me
Galatians522:
--- Quote from: brian on January 19, 2023, 10:34:00 PM ---I have never heard of or seen this type. I'd be interested in trying it, but there are so many excellent cultivars at this point I think any new advantage may be best adapting to the local climate.
I have had many mandarins from south america, europe, middle east, africa that were all nice, and also ones that were very poor. I don't see many mandarins for sale (in grocery stores near me) from Florida, though.
Meanwhile, if I can get great tasting mandarins to grow in Pennsylvania, it makes me question the whole idea. Kishu, Dekopan, and Shasta Gold are all consistently excellent for me
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What you can buy will never measure up to what you can grow yourself--with very few exceptions. That's why we're a part of this forum, isn't it?
fruitnoob:
I've been eating Noble Juicy Crunch Tangerines, bought at Detwiler's Farmers market, for a while without even realizing it. My last tangerine gave me 2 seeds that I will try to germinate. Will go to Detwiler tomorrow for some more.
Rispa:
I tried this for the first time today. It's available at Food Town in Houston. Since it's from Florida should I avoid putting peels in the compost? I absolutely don't want citrus greening.
DAV1D:
The first batch of Juicy Crunch I got from Publix was the best tasting orange I ever tasted. Very sweet, no sour, and actually crunchy as well.
I bought them again 2 weeks later and they were very sour. I think they were picked too early, they weren't as big as before.
Later on Publix also had these other ones (I can't remember if this was the correct name) called Florigold that tasted very similar but without the crunch.
Both of these varieties had seeds, I planted the sweet Juicy Crunch from the first batch. I read that tangerines do fruit true from seed, let me know if I'm wrong.
I plan on growing these out and grafting it on a larger tree.
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