MANDALATE
STATUS
*Semi-commercial
VARIETY
N/A
OWNER
Gruppo Giuseppe
HARVEST
Mid-July to Mid-August in Southern Hemisphere
Mid January – Mid February in Northern Hemisphere
Key Attributes
Late season, seedless, high yielding mandarin variety.
Especificaciones Técnicas
| Parents |
Hybrid between Fortuna (2n – diploid) x Avana (4n – tetraploid) |
| Tree characteristics |
Willowy vigorous growing plant |
| Harvest date: SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Mid-July to Mid-August |
| Harvest date: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Mid January – Mid February |
| Growth Habit |
Willow like drooping tree |
| Fruit Size |
Peaking at sizes 1x, 1 and 2 |
| External appearance |
Fruit is slightly flat and deep orange in color when fully mature |
| Internal appearance |
Flesh color light orange with an open core contributing to the ease of pealing. The fruit in born in the interior of the tree, producing blemish-free fruit |
| Post Harvest |
Fruit could be store for extended periods due to high acid levels |
| Peelability |
Easy peelable. The fruit peels clean with little albedo left on the segments |
| Fruit quality data |
Very high sugar and acid level. Attractive tangerine flavour and aroma |
| Seed |
Triplid fruit is normally seedless, with one to two small seeds found in ten fruits |
| Cross-pollination viability |
Triploid sterile variety, so will not cross pollinate other varieties |
| Production yield |
Very high yeilding trees with yields up to 90 Kg per tree. |
| Problems with the variety |
Trees from nurseries take three to four years to start bearing fruit. Topworked trees bear profusely from third year. High internal quality of fruit prohibits planting in cold citrus producing areas, due to high acid levels |
