Tangerine Trees
Type | Fruiting Season | Comments |
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Sunburst | November – January | Easy peeling, great eating tangerine with a rich taste. |
Ponkan | December – January | Lower number of seeds and easy peeling provide high eating quality. |
Robinson | October – December | Darker tangerine color, both skin & flesh. Very sweet. |
Dancy | December – January | Most common eating orange in Florida. Loose skin easy to peel. |
Murcott (Honey) | January – April | Cross between a sweet orange and tangerine creates a high sugar and low acid content. One of the sweetest tangerines. |
Fallglo | October – November | Deep orange color, great to eat because it is bigger than most other tangerines. |
Minneola | December – April | 3″, often exhibits a pronounced neck at the stem end of the fruit (bell shaped). Not many seeds, but extremely cold hardy. |
Nova | November – December | Medium to large size. Easily peeled. Very juicy and sweet. Very cold tolerant. |