Have you tried going directly to Fourwinds Growers in your area? They're in the East Bay Area (Richmond, I think) and they sell both cultivars of Mandarin via internet.

Joe

Here is a link that might be useful: Mandarins

Thanks, Joe. I called Four Winds and they told me that only "licensed professionals" and wholesale buyers are allowed into their premises and that they are not open to the public :( I guess I will keep looking locally and order on the internet if I cannot find anything by March.

You can't go to their growing grounds but you CAN buy from their website. And they ship.

Joe

When you say a "dwarf" Kishu, Ashley, are you asking for one grafted on a Flying Dragon rootstock? That might be very tough to find. Semi-dwarf with pruning seems an easier way to go.

I bought both those mandarins down here at a family nursery in Gardena, I think the Kishu was from 4 Winds and the Gold Nugget was from somewhere out in Riverside.

Yes, dicot. By "dwarf", I meant a Kishu and a Gold Nugget each grafted onto Flying Dragon rootstock as 4 Winds does (using their terminology, actually).
I am even thinking of driving by Menlo Growers's location @ Gilroy to see if they have them when I go to the outlet mall next time.

I would stick to your choice of Four Winds stock. Menlo Growers has not turned out to be true dwarf in my experience. If you don't want them to ship to you ask your favorite retail nursery to order them for you. Al

Thanks for the tip regarding Menlo growers' dwarf varieties, Al. I actually love all my FourWinds dwarf collection of trees and would like to stick with them, if possible. What I do not like about shipping of trees is based on one bad experience I had with Logees long ago. I will ask my retail nursery if they can special order them for me.

Too bad you don't live in Socal, I was just eating from Kishus from Jon's Nursery in Somis. They are great tiny little mandarins. I am planning to get one in 2010.