One Frost Owari Satsuma 2024 Mandarin,

One Frost Owari Satsuma Mandarin, 1-2 feet tall, grafted, Can not ship to Az, Ca, Fl, La, Tx, Hi, Ak

Owari Satsuma is the most common of the many Satsuma mandarin selections grown in the United States, although other selections are being introduced. Because of its many fine qualities, Satsuma has been the focus of extensive efforts to extend its season of availability.Owari Satsuma trees are cold-hardy, productive, and vigorous-growing, but mature to a small size with a spreading and somewhat drooping character.

The fruit varies in shape depending upon the conditions where it is grown, but it is most commonly oblate with a smooth and thin orange rind that is easily peeled. The flesh is bright orange, tender and juicy, seedless, and mild in flavor. The Owari Satsuma is considered to be a mid-season fruit, with its season of harvest being December to January in most areas of California. The fruit itself does not hold well on the tree, but 2024 it stores well after harvest.

Flesh orange-colored; tender and melting; flavor rich but subacid. Season of maturity earl November-December. Fruit holds poorly on trees after maturity and must be picked promptly but stores well. Tree moderately vigorous but slow-growing,; medium-small, spreading and drooping; very productive. This variety is of ancient and unknown Japanese origin presumably from the old province of Owari, whence the name. While still important in the older districts it has largely been displaced by derivative varieties that have arisen from it through bud variation.

Shipping usually is done in beginning of the week, secured in the box to prevent shifting. During the winter cold months, shipping might be delayed for up to 30-60 days till the weather in your area or on the way to you will become warmer. Continental US only and we cannot ship to Az, Ca, Fl, La, Tx, Hi, Ak Due to U.S.D.A. regulations . Orders made from those states will be cancelled automatically.