You can grow practically any citrus your heart desires in that environment. Most trees are self pollinating. I know the Minneola is not. I suggest you research each variety. They probably are all very good tasting, but some are more seedy than others and may not be as easy to peel. Keep in mind the size at maturity too so be sure to check and see if it is a dwarf, semi-dwarf or standard if you are planting in ground.

Personally, I have a Gold Nugget and and 4 Owari Satumas. Minneola's taste great, but again, a pollinator is recommended, but not required from what I have read. I just started a thread on that a day or two ago. The other varieties I have not tasted so cannot comment on them.

Get a tango, a pixie and a gold nugget, you’ll have ripe mandarins from February through June. These varieties do not need pollinators and will be seedless even in group plantings of lemons and limes.

Evan

My area has higher peaks and lower dips than the mid-peninsula, so your options are phenomenal. My reco's are based on my areas.

Assuming that you want a peel and eat mandarin, I will eliminate the Page (since I consider it more for the tasty juice). I also do not have any experience with the Pixie, but I think they are in the stores by December [?].

I think my goal would be high quality fruit availability over many months:

[all low / no seeds]

Miyagawa Satsuma or Xie Shan or China S9 [earliest three - starting early to mid November ]

then: Okitsu Wase or Dobashi Beni [late November - December]

Do NOT get the Owari Satsuma... it is a later maturing variety - too late in my opinion.

One of the above will supply you through mid to late January

next: Tango - maturing February through late March

next: Gold Nugget: maturing March through June

If I had to choose ONLY two, then one of the Satsumas (or Page if you want juice) and Gold Nugget.

DONE!

Lol, Evan, George, so I need at least two, but ideally half a dozen, huh? The common factor between all your replies was God Nugget, so that might be the winner! Rain predicted for the rest of the week, so I have a few days to research some more. Thanks!

I have a gold nugget tree bc I heard such wonderful things about it! I tried some from the store and they are so delicious! I think it is what you are looking for haha. That tree hasn’t given me any grief either. Doesn’t seem to be finicky.

Thanks, Amanda! I'll post pics when I pick it up!!

molewhacker I will be in the Bay Area today where can I find a Xie Shan ? I would love to bring one home today. Thanks !

Nick, there were none in Summerwinds or Yamagamis. So you can skip those.

KC

ok thanks I'm not familiar with the bay area nurseries I started gardening when I moved to the cenrtal valley lol.

This is frustrating calling these nurseries its like the deer in the headlights look when asking about sumo, miho or xie shan. I might have to learn how to graft lol.

I dont know who may carry the Xie Shan. I think that you will need to graft budwood to get one. However, i did see Okitsu Wase at several Costcos.

You may want to call / try Menlo Growers?

I have the Okitsu :)

Chose your rootstock choice carefully

Harris Citrus has the Xie Shan satsuma available on trifoliate rootstock or a trifoliate-cleopatra mandarin hybrid rootstock this year - I got one last week for delivery this Spring.

Steve, it seems most citrus i see available here in N. CA is on either Carrizo, C35, Volk, or FD. And then the Four Winds stocks. I'd love to see them on others... but with HLB looming rootstocks will likely need updating to still orhers.

Nick, I've read that China S9 and Miyagawa are really close to Xie Shan as far as early maturity. I am not sure how they compare in taste. But, can say that Okitsu Wase and Dobashi Beni taste very similar off my trees.

Page is a real winner. We have been eating them for 3 months. There were at least one hundred on my small tree. They are super tasty. The only downsides are that the skin is not super easy to peel (although it is doable) and they sometimes have one or a few seeds. The flavor more than makes up for these however.

Dang, I had emailed Harris a few weeks ago and they did say they'd have xie Shan, and I was checking occasionally but must have missed it.