Page mandarin
A richly flavored mandarin hybrid (Minneola x clementine) that eats and juices well; sets best with cross-pollination.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 26°F
- Ripening
- Mid-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
Canopy killed at about 26°F.
Needs high heat to colour and sweeten.
Mid-season fruit (Dec-Feb).
low (satsuma is the least-vigorous major mandarin; wood matures early, aiding cold hardiness)
Prefers a pH band of 6–7.5.
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Grows alike
similar to growTahoe Gold mandarin
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Kishu mandarin
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Dancy tangerine
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Ponkan mandarin
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Setoka tangor
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Minneola tangelo
ripens in the same window · wants the same heat to ripen
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksTahoe Gold mandarin
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Kishu mandarin
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Dancy tangerine
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Ponkan mandarin
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Setoka tangor
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
Minneola tangelo
similar cold hardiness · similar heat requirement
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