What Are Some Common Types of Mandarin?

Main Groups of Mandarins produced in Spain

• Satsuma: with origin Japan in Spain is used as early variety. Due to its juicy and not so much sweet fruit it is mainly used for juices. Good quality is that trees are resistant to cold.

• Hybrids contains mixture of variates, with focus on red color of peel, very sweet and juicy.

• Clementine: crossed between common mandarin and orange, it is small in size and sweet but with inconstant production. There are many varieties, some earlier than others.

• Clemenvillas: bigger and with a lot of juice. The harvest season lasts from September to February. Some varieties can be found until March or April.

• Orri: relatively new variety of mandarin grown in Spain, originating from Israel, robust, nicely colored, sweet, and seedless.

• Nadorcott is a high-quality, mid to late-maturing Clementine-type of mandarin. It is a fruit with excellent depth of flavor and sweetness and a pleasing acidity balance. The smooth, deep orange peel is fairly tightly adhering to the segments but is easily removed.

• Tangold (often marketed as Tango) is a late harvested, seedless mandarin. It has an excellent eating quality with great depth of flavor, a good acidity balance, and high levels of sweetness. It is a medium-sized fruit with a very smooth rind, deep orange, and easy peel. The shape is deeply oblate, and the flesh is delicately textured with high juice content.

Source: Plantae