You probably meant F. crassifolia not crispifolia or whatever, and no I didn't mix them up - I have both varieties. Meiwa has much more leathery leaves compared to Nagami.

yes, sorry !

I mixed it up ...

I just wonder how you got it .. I do not find it in ANY nursery ...

Since you are outside of EU, it is as bad as you would be in USA or elsewhere ...

Today I bought a Shiranui tangerine in local Home Depot.

Congrats !!!

Wish I get it here in europe too ...

Nice, Viktor! Sure wish I could get one here in California

That tag is from Record Buck farms.

Well, even if growers get the clearance to ship out of the state of Florida, they still can't ship into CA, AZ or TX. I don't think the CCPP has acquired any Dekopon/Shiranui budwood. They were working hard to try to find a source, but then all the HLB hit, and they all have been sidelined with managing for HLB, now. So, hopefully, there will be budwood for us here in Calif soon.

Patty I would assume that someone has gotten a few seeds from the fruit out there. In my experience Mandarins will produce from seed in 3-5 years when planted in the ground.

Yup. Eventually someone will propagate from seed, hopefully be able to get their trees certified for grafting, and then trees available for retail purchase will be available. I know the CCPP was pursuing a budwood source, but that fell through. Not sure if they've been able to procure a new budwood source. I emailed them to see. That, and I'd love to see a budwood source for a blood mandarin. I know Willits & Newcomb has a patent on their "Red Nules" and will not distribute trees to anyone but commercial growers, which is odd because I have yet to see one sold in the stores. Maybe commercial orchards still have not produced their first commercial crop here in Calif, but they are still guarding that patent fiercely. Like Griffith Farms is with the Dekopon.

Sorry; I didn't notice the posts re: location of stores until just now. Check the big boxes, particularly Home Depot; as Laaz noted, they come from Record Buck. I first noticed them on a drive back from Tampa earlier this summer, and later picked one up from the HD on Capital Circle NE in Tallahassee. At that time, they had three or four left, and they had been there for a while - I don't think word has gotten out outside of the avid citrus circles yet, and so many people probably pass them up as an unknown. Some were labelled "Shiranui Tangerine" and some "Shiranui Orange", but all had identical mandarin-type leaves. The one that had a rootstock sprout was on Swingle.
For anyone close enough to make the drive to Tallahassee but far away enough that they don't want to risk the store being sold out, I would be happy to drop by and check on the inventory, and even buy and hold a plant for you if they still have them.

Hi Charle,
I was at Davis Hwy last Saturday but did not to see Shiranui tangerine.This Home Depot is on the 9 Mile Rd.They had two citrus , I bought one of them. Second citrus have one fruit and broken twig

A friend bought lots of dekopan fruit at $3 a pound and finally found a few seeds to plant. James tells me the Japanese put the fruit in cold storage for several months to develop the flavor.

I predict the fruit won't hold up to it's California reputation if grown in Texas.

My own seedless kishu doesn't produce anything like the flavor it does in California. I topworked it to cara cara navel although I am letting on kishu branch bear just to make sure.

from http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/15/home/hm-citrus15

"One recent hit out of Riverside is the 'Seedless Kishu,' a miniature mandarin from Japan that thrives in all regions.

"Everyone who tastes them loves them," says Ottillia J. "Toots" Bier, staff research associate in botany and plant sciences at UC Riverside. Bier tastes all new varieties and decides which make the grade."