Kitchen Garden Grower’s Guide Vegetable Encyclopedia. ‘Temple’ also called Temple orange and Royal mandarin: a natural tangor discovered in 1896 in Jamaica sweet to tart flesh excellent for eating fresh or juicing large, flattened fruit, sometimes with a neck deep orange pebbled rind seedy ripens winter into spring medium-size tree is spreading and thorny cold-sensitive high heat requirement good grower in Florida and in desert regions flavor is acidic and tart in cooler regions of West. Murcott Afourer’ or ‘Afourer’ a seedless cultivar of ‘W. ‘Murcott’ is commonly called ‘Murcott Honey’ because the commercial name of ‘Murcott’ was changed in Florida to ‘Honey’ a number of years ago, so to distinguish it from a California mandarin called ‘Honey’, it is generally called ‘Murcott Honey’. ‘Murcott’ is a different variety from ‘W. Murcott Afourer’ originated as a seed from a ‘Murcott’ tree, a chance hybrid of ‘Murcott’ and an unknown pollen parent. Murcott Afourer’: rich and sweet flavor juicy orange-colored flesh fruit is usually flattened with a thin, smooth, orange rind that is easy to peel few seeds when not cross-pollinated fruit matures late winter into spring moderate size tree susceptible to alternate-bearing fruit holds well on the tree. Murcott’ also called ‘Afourer’ is widely grown in California, the other parent is unknown. ‘Murcott’ also marketed as ‘Honey’ tangerine by Florida growers: very sweet flavor medium size fruit very juicy bright yellow-orange rind thin-skinned few to many seeds easy to peel matures late winter into spring fruit holds well on tree vigorous, upright tree with willowy branches tends to bear heavily in alternate years branches often bent or broken by heavy fruiting at the ends widely grown in Florida sensitive to cold the origin of Murcott is unknown and its history obscure ‘Murcott’ is one parent ‘W. ‘King’: rich flavor and moderately juicy oblate, large fruit with thick yellow-orange rind that varies from smooth to very rough deep orange flesh peelable a moderate number of seeds ripens late fruit stores well on the tree the medium-sized tree grows well and has an open, upright form thornless requires very hot climate to mature fruit of acceptable quality the tree is cold-resistant but less so than most mandarins. ‘Ellendale’: rich excellent flavor, subacid, very juicy medium to large fruit somewhat flattened with short neck matures late orange-red, medium-thin rind smooth to faintly pebbled easy to peel few seeds if not cross-pollinated fruit loses quality if left on tree round vigorous tree thornless cold-hardy limbs can split under heavy crop.
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