Description: This listing is for quantity Six (6x) un-rooted Owari Satsuma Mandarin tree cuttings from a fruiting Semi-Dwarf mother plant. Owari Satsuma is the most common of the many Satsuma mandarin selections grown in the United States, although other selections are being introduced. Because of its many fine qualities, Satsuma has been the focus of extensive efforts to extend its season of availability.Owari Satsuma trees are cold-hardy, productive, and vigorous-growing, but mature to a small size with a spreading and somewhat drooping character. The fruit varies in shape depending upon the conditions where it is grown, but it is most commonly oblate with a smooth and thin orange rind that is easily peeled. The flesh is bright orange, tender and juicy, seedless, and mild in flavor. The Owari Satsuma is considered to be a mid-season fruit, with its season of harvest being December to January in most areas of California. The fruit itself does not hold well on the tree, but it stores well after harvest. "Fruit medium in size, medium-oblate to subglobose; sometimes slightly necked; seedless. Orange-colored but commonly matures in advance of good coloration. Rind thin and leathery; surface smooth to slightly rough; easily separable. As maturity passes, the neck, if present, increases in size, the rind roughens, and its looseness increases, becoming baggy. Segments 10 to 12, with tough carpellary membranes; loosely separable; axis hollow. Flesh orange-colored; tender and melting; flavor rich but subacid. Season of maturity earl November-December. Fruit holds poorly on trees after maturity and must be picked promptly but stores well. Tree moderately vigorous but slow-growing,; medium-small, spreading and drooping; very productive. This variety is of ancient and unknown Japanese origin presumably from the old province of Owari, whence the name. While still important in the older districts it has largely been displaced by derivative varieties that have arisen from it through bud variation. What is believed to be true Owari was introduced into the United States more than fifty years ago and, since recent Japanese descriptions of it are not available, the characterizations given here are adapted from Webber (1943). Two nucellar selections, Silverhill Owari and Frost Owari, have been derived from it in the United States and are currently recommended. Kara, a variety of some interest in California, is a hybrid between Owari satsuma and King mandarin. Likewise, the Umatilla tangor of Florida is an Owari satsuma-Ruby blood orange hybrid. " Owari Satsuma Mandarin Cuttings will be cut in the morning on shipping day, 4-5 inch length, with at least 2 nods. Cutting varies from semi-hard to semi-soft wood, either, or both depending on availability. Cuttings will be cut in the early morning on a Saturday following your placed order. I will ship order within 3 weeks, although most of the time I will ship a lot faster. I DO NOT ship on any weekdays. US Domestic 48 continental states shipping only.
Price: 25 USD
Location: San Jose, California
End Time: 2024-09-16T20:50:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Owari Satsuma
Plant Form: Plant
Type: Trees
Fruit Type: Orange
Common Name: Mandarin Tree
Tree Type: Fruit
