Clementine
Citrus reticulata
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Description
Clementine is the classic small, bright, easy-peel mandarin, sold in NZ by Flying Dragon Nursery (Mandarin Clementine, $44.99) and The Plant Company. Flying Dragon describes medium-sized bright round mandarins with excellent rich sweet flavour, heavy crops that hold on the tree well, seedless if not cross-pollinated, ripening from July. The catalog holds a Clementine-type (Corsica #2) but no true Clementine; this is the benchmark reference cultivar NZ garden centres sell.
Characteristics
Fruit Size
Small/Medium
Peel Colour
Bright orange
Flesh Colour
Orange
Harvest Timing (NZ)
Early
Seediness
Seedless
Growth Habit
Rounded
Thorny
Notes
Benchmark clementine; seedless if not cross-pollinated; holds on tree well; ripens from July.; Also reported: early maturity, small sweet fruit, container suitability, secateur harvest method.
Fruit Use
Dessert
Flavour Profile
Rich, sweet, classic clementine
Storage Life
Good