Imperial
Variety of Mandarin Orange · Citrus reticulata
Australia's earliest market mandarin – easy-peeling, mild-sweet, kid-friendly.
Also known as: Imperial mandarin
9🇦🇺 Australia 1890
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Zufallssämling, vermutlich Emperor x Clementine-Typ
- Breeder
- Selektion bei Emu Plains, New South Wales
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 100 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, pear-shaped, light-orange fruit with thin, loose rind; mild-sweet, juicy, few seeds.
Growth
Medium-vigour tree, very productive; alternate bearing.
Yield
The most-grown mandarin in Australia, starting the season.
Notes
Characteristic slight pear shape at the stem end.
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