Pixie Mandarin (forum)

Terrence starts with ...
Had the first fruit from Pixie. Excellent taste , no seed and thin septa between segments. Best tasting mandarin ,so far , I believe.

Time: 19th June 2014 9:35am

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Boris Spasky says...
It's debatable. Pixie is lower in acidity than many other mandarins so the flavour is mild and a little bland for many palettes.
Wait for the first gold nuggets to hit the stores later this season. Similar looking, but bigger and far better flavour.

Time: 19th June 2014 3:43pm

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ivepeters says...
Suntina is the one I want to try.

Time: 19th June 2014 5:10pm

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For eddy says...
How do you know so much Boris? Where did you taste Pixie and Gold Nugget and made such an incisive comparison?

Time: 19th June 2014 5:18pm

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Boris Spasky says...
Ivepeters, I haven't seen suntina. But it looks to be an Israeli selection (if not identical) of the old Nova mandarin which is part tangelo.


Time: 19th June 2014 9:22pm

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ivepeters says...
' A hybrid of the Clementine and Orlando, the Israeli-grown Suntina is one of the tastiest easy peelers with a particularly sweet, rich flavor. It is characterized by its medium to large size, high sugar content, low acidity and attractive orange color.The Suntina is available in WA only from January to Mid February '
Woolies extract.

Time: 19th June 2014 10:56pm

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Terrence says...
I was wanting to alert readers of the value of Pixie mandarin, available from Daleys. This message was swamped by a bunch of self- promoters who appear to have no first hand knowledge of the matter in hand but saw an opportunity to announce "I'm this amazing guy, see" So if you have no direct knowledge and you are doing a "cut and paste" have the integrity to say just that.

Time: 20th June 2014 7:59am

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jakfruit etiquette says...
I tried some Pixie last week, nice mandarin, not vastly different to Imperial etc I thought, maybee a little less acid? aka no surprise flavors as in other Hybrid mandarins/ tangelo backcrosses.
These were straight off the tree, not off supermarket shelf, and not imported after their free round the world cruise, which can make a big difference to any mandarins flavour.
Also Pixie is one that has been dropped off the Auscitrus bud list, so will be harder to find in the future.

Time: 20th June 2014 9:32am

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Chris says...
Kert and your other jekyll and hyde personas, ie Terrence, yrt,are a dead give away. Trying to be a hobnob doesn't help.
Let me indulge in a bit of cutting and pasting.
kert (Sydney) starts with ...
I have a Pike and Hawaiian Supreme White Sapotes side by side. The Haw Sup . produces walnut sized fruit with an aborted seed. Has anyone grown a full sized Hawaiian Supreme fruit; and what did you have for a cross pollina
Fast foward to Terrence (Vaucluse)
My Hawaiian Supreme has always produced walnut sized fruit despite lots of X pollinators. has anyone grown anything worthwhile from the Hawaiian Disappointment.


Time: 20th June 2014 11:35am

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Boris Spasky says...
Jakfruit, do you know why it was dropped off the list?

Time: 20th June 2014 11:46am

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jakfruit etiquette says...
Boris, many varieties are no longer to be supplied according to this newsletter
http://www.auscitrus.com.au/pdfs/newsletters/Auscitrus_Newsletter_Autumn_2012.pdf
Looks like this hasnt actually happened yet.

Time: 20th June 2014 7:19pm

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Brain says...
that's a big list of citrus they want to stop. Sad to see.

Time: 21st June 2014 10:02pm

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BenW says...
That is a bit disappointing.

Now that the government has stepped away from variety importation and development to a large extent, all the more reason for interested gardeners to keep things going :)

At least with tools like this forum it's a lot easier than in the past.

Time: 22nd June 2014 1:17pm

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