MANDARED
STATUS
*Semi-commercial
VARIETY
N/A
OWNER
Gruppo Giuseppe
HARVEST
Beginning of July – Beginning of August in Southern Hemisphere
Beginning of February – Beginning of March in Northern Hemispher
Key Attributes
Mandared is a wonderful seedless late mandarin with its soft, flavoursome, red-tinted segments
Especificaciones Técnicas
| Parents |
Hybrid between Nules Clementine (2n – diploid) x Tarocco (4n – tetraplod) |
| Tree characteristics |
Upright, large tree |
| Harvest date: SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Beginning of July – Beginning of August |
| Harvest date: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Beginning of February – Beginning of March |
| Growth Habit |
Large upright growing tree |
| Fruit Size |
Medium to Large (80mm) |
| External appearance |
Deep red blush on a red/orange background on the outside of the fruit |
| Internal appearance |
Soft flesh, antocyanin pigmentation development at maturity. |
| Post Harvest |
Specific storage regimes needed for the internal pigmentation to develop |
| Peelability |
Medium peelable |
| Fruit quality data |
Juce%: 52
Brix: 12,6
Acid: 1,37
Brix: Acid ratio: 9,2 |
| Seed |
The triploid fruit is completely seedless |
| Cross-pollination viability |
Triploid sterile variety, so will not cross pollinate other varieties or be cross pollinated |
| Production yield |
tree maniputaion is needed to produce yields of 45-55 tons/ ha |
| Problems with the variety |
Thorniness on young and top-worked trees. Thorny nature will be eliminated when pruned from planting and as well when trees age. Pre-harvest fruit drop if PGRs are not applied. |
