Mandarins:
A wide range of mandarins exist worldwide of which the fruit ripen in Southern Africa from Feb / March to August / September. Mandarins are generally only suitable for cool or cold winter climates and should be planted with caution in hot subtropical / tropical areas of Southern Africa.
Listed below are the major commercially recommended cultivars produced at Du Roi Nursery with their approximate fruit maturely dates.
| Satsuma |
- Milowase |
March (early) |
| |
- Kuno |
March (mid) |
| |
- Owari |
April |
| Clementine |
- Clemenpons |
April |
| |
- Nules |
May |
| Nova |
|
May |
| Empress |
|
June |
| Minneola |
|
June |
| Tambor / Topaz / Ortanique |
|
July |
| Nadorcott |
|
July / August |
| Mor |
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August |
| Or |
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August |
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