![]() A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). California Agricultural Expreiment Station Bulletin 814. Encore and Pixie-two new mandarin hybrids with unusually late seasons of use. ![]() Considerable proportion of inside fruits not subject to sunburn." ReferencesĬameron, J.W., R.K. Tree vigorous, erect to somewhat spreading stout, ascending branches and large, King-like leaves. Holds well on tree with little rind-puffing, but some juice loss. Virtually seedless (occasionally 1 seed). Flesh medium-orange moderately juicy flavor pleasant and mild. Rind medium-thin, easily separable grained to pebbled surface texture color yellowish-orange. "Fruit small to medium-small, subglobose to round commonly with broad, short neck and collar. Hodgson (1967) provided the following additional notes on the cultivar: Fruit broader than long rind yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13) rind texture slightly rough (4-5) firmness leathery navel absent flesh orange taste acidic-sweet. Leaflets one, margin entire or bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades flat or weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Petiole glabrous, length short wings narrow, adjoining the blade. First-year twig surface glabrous second- or third-year twig surface striate thorns absent or not persistent prickles absent or not persistent. Because of its seedlessness and lateness of maturity, Pixie may have promise, especially as a home orchard variety (Cameron, Soost, and Frost 1965)." DescriptionĬrown compact or dense, not weeping. Frost of the University of California Citrus Research Center, Riverside, and was selected and introduced in 1965 by his colleagues J. Hodgson (1967) noted that: "Pixie is a second generation seedling (hybrid or self) from open pollination of a cross of King and Dancy (named Kincy). Citrus reticulata Blanco (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967, Mabberley 1997, 2004 sensu Tanaka sec.
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