Satsuma With their soft, pebbled and easy-to-peel skin and their sweet, seedless taste, Satsumas have become one of the most widely known eating tangerines. Here are five of the best tangerines available in the trade. They have a super sweet taste, making them a popular choice for those seeking a mandarin orange. Clementines have thin, very tight skins and are often called Cuties. Satsumas, with their soft crinkly skin that’s easy to peel, appear in stores in December and are often called Christmas oranges. “It has also not shown any problems with granulation, which has affected several otherwise good cultivars for Florida.You are likely familiar with two of the most popular tangerines - Satsuma and Clementine. Grosser added that Gator Bites is a December/January fruit. “An important trait it displays is that it colors up on the tree, so it won’t require de-greening,” he said. “I expect it will be at least two years before a substantial number of trees go into the ground, and another three years beyond this before there is any fruit.” “Once approved for official release, FFSP ( Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.) will arrange to have the selection licensed to interested nurseries for tree propagation,” Grosser said. Several of the fruit qualities Rogers pointed out are highly prized by most consumers eating fresh citrus, especially families with young children.ĬREC plant breeder Jude Grosser said several approval steps for Gator Bites must be completed by UF/IFAS, probably by early 2022. So, this is going to be our first opportunity in Florida for growers to diversify a little bit if they’ve not been planting fresh fruit.” It tastes very sweet and it’s HLB tolerant. “This makes the Cuties and Halos taste like cardboard, in my opinion,” he told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Gator Bites look like California clementines, branded as Cuties and Halos, but Rogers thinks Gator Bites is a better piece of fruit. Gator Bites mandarins are seedless and easy to peel.Ĭitrus Research and Education Center (CREC) Director Michael Rogers recently praised the Gator Bites mandarin variety that is being developed by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS).
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