Citrus Growers Forum

MrClint · Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Posts: 22 Location: Lake Balboa CA

There is a Satsuma Mandarin that I found at a local Farmer's Market, that is very sweet and tasty with wrinkled, easy to peel skin. Unlike the Gold Nugget, this one has a nipple of sorts on the branch end. It's not a Sumo either, although it looks similar, it is much smaller. Can anyone help me ID or find this variety? Would these just be Owari or some other Satsuma that had been left on the tree for a very long time?

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Hershell · Posted: Sat 23 Mar, 2013 9:17 pm

I still have Owari hanging on my trees that look just like that. They are also very sweet.

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Laaz · Posted: Sat 23 Mar, 2013 11:11 pm

They have to be really nasty by now.

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mrtexas · Posted: Sun 24 Mar, 2013 7:07 pm

MrClint wrote:

There is a Satsuma Mandarin that I found at a local Farmer's Market, that is very sweet and tasty with wrinkled, easy to peel skin. Unlike the Gold Nugget, this one has a nipple of sorts on the branch end. It's not a Sumo either, although it looks similar, it is much smaller. Can anyone help me ID or find this variety? Would these just be Owari or some other Satsuma that had been left on the tree for a very long time?

You are unlikely to ID the variety by the fruit. All the satsumas I've seen and grown of different varieties(at least 15) have identical fruit. The only difference is growth vigor or early/late.