Skeeter wrote

As for Owari and Kimbrough, Monty Nesbit at the Auburn experimenta station in Fairhope say that they are the same--he said Kimbrough was supposedly identified as a more cold tolerant somatic mutation of Owari, but they have been growing them side by side and testing cold tolerance in Fairhope and have seen no difference.

I wanted to get Dancy and it was one of the 17 varieties I got as budwood from FL DPI the last yr that they provided budwood to homeowners, but it was one of 3 that did not take on any of my grafts. It is highly rated for this area and probably about the same cold tolerance as most mandarins.

Thanks Skeeter Looks like Kimbrough may get the nod. We need to try to get the Dancy when it becomes available again. Do you know if I could visit the Auburn experimental station in Fairhope?

Mr. Texas wrote

Juanita
Cold hardy to 15 degrees
Sweet and flavorful
This would be illegal to grow in Florida as the budwood/trees are from out of state.

I guess I won't be growing that one thanks for the heads up.

Laaz,

Ponkon has had a lot of good recommendations and I will be looking at it hard.

TRI wrote

I am growing satsumas and the third year most of the fruit is good quality with some dry/puffy fruit with thick peel. Dry puffy fruit is really bad the first two years but these are growth years anyway. It is best to remove fruit the first two years to increase growth

I started a new post about this Satsuma problem. Check it out
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Thanks all,

It is recommended to wait 3 years after planting to permit satsumas to hold fruit. The plant needs tp grow the canopy first. The third year the quality is normally very good. The XIE Shan and Miyagawa are very good satsumas. Monte Nisbitt is now at Texas A&M, fruit specialist for East Texas

Thanks Bonnie, I did not know that Monte had moved to Texas--

Charles, I am sure Auburn has got someone else there at the Experiment Station in Fairhope that knows about citrus. I went to a day long seminar series there on citrus, but anyone can vist there--we just can't bring back budwood to FL. I have been planning on dropping by to get some budwood for my sisters over in AL. You can call them and see if they are going to have any seminars this fall. I am sure you could get a taste of various citrus varieties.