Fairchild mandarin

MandarinAvailable

An early desert mandarin (clementine x Orlando) that needs cross-pollination to set, and goes seedy when it gets it; a Coachella/desert early type.

Across the consideration criteria

How it grows

Cold hardiness: 26°F
Ripening: Early-season
Vigor: Low (Satsuma Is The Least-Vigorous Major Mandarin; Wood Matures Early, Aiding Cold Hardiness)
Disease tolerance: Moderate
Drainage need: Well
Soil pH: 6–7.5
Graft requirement: Graft Required
US availability: Available

Considerations

Cold hardiness26°F

TenderCold-hardy

Canopy killed at about 26°F.

Heat to ripenHigh

Low heatHigh heat

Needs high heat to colour and sweeten.

Maturity seasonEarly

EarlyLate

Early-season fruit (Nov-Jan).

VigorHigh

LowHigh

low (satsuma is the least-vigorous major mandarin; wood matures early, aiding cold hardiness)

Soil pH preference6–7.5

4.58.5

Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.

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