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Tango

Variety of Mandarin Orange · Citrus reticulata
Seedless improvement of Nadorcott – sweet, easy-peeling and pollen-tolerant.
Also known as: Tango mandarin
Edible value9
🇺🇸 USA 2006

Taste & characteristics

Taste

juicysweetaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Bestrahlte, kernlose Selektion von Nadorcott (W. Murcott)
Breeder
University of California, Riverside
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
100 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Medium, deep-orange fruit with easily removed rind; sweet, juicy and practically always seedless, even under cross-pollination.

Growth

Vigorous, productive tree; requires no bee isolation.

Yield

Fast-growing late club variety in California, Spain and the Southern Hemisphere.

Notes

Made nearly seedless by irradiation; direct competitor to Nadorcott.

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