'Willowleaf' or 'Mediterranean' is the most The Mediterranean group of mandarins apparently originated in the Mediterranean basin, most likely in Italy. Trees will provide additional cold protection but the competition for light, water and nutrients will reduce mandarin tree growth, production and fruit quality. In the home landscape, mandarins should be planted on the south or southeast side of the house for maximum protection from cold weather. Smaller trees are more easily protected during severe freezes, but smaller trees are also less productive. Trees on trifoliate are considerably smaller than trees on sour orange, with those on 'Flying Dragon' trifoliate being even smaller than on other trifoliate

Trifoliate orange is poorly adapted to the saline conditions and alkaline soils which predominate in south Texas where sour orange is the rootstock of choice. In southeast Texas, growers prefer trifoliate orange rootstock because of the additional cold hardiness which it imparts to the tree. Highway 90 from Del Rio to Orange-depending on Mandarins are well-adapted to all well-drained soils in virtually all of Texas along and south of U.S. Protection during severe freezes will be essential to successful mandarin production. Few of those orchards remain today, but interest in mandarins remains Satsumas in southeast Texas were fairly common until the severe freezes of the 1980's. Small orchards of tangerines in the Carrizo Springs area and of Mandarins are among the most cold hardy of citrus fruits, being second only to kumquats. Mandarins are grown in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, although best color and quality usually occurs under subtropical conditions. Mandarins tend to alternate bearing, with a heavy crop in one year followed by a lighter crop in the next season.

Mandarins are self-pollinated and self-fruitful, but some of the hybrids are self-incompatible and will produce few fruit without the presence of suitable Somewhat more brittle than other citrus and limb breakage is common under heavy fruit loads unless some sort of support is provided. Most mandarin trees are more erect than other kinds of citrus trees and many exhibit a drooping habit because of rather long, willowy branches. Of these, satsumas and tangerines are of most interest in Texas. Mediterranean, king, satsuma and common tangerines. Because all tangerines are mandarins but not all mandarins are tangerines, mandarins are commonly separated into four groups: Mandarins include a diverse group of citrus fruits that are characterized by bright peel and pulp color, excellent flavor, easy-to-peel rind and segments that

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