Rind color about the same rind texture also about the same. Better shaped fruit, no stem end nose like Pixie.
, EMN: First crop in Variety Collection fruit compared with Pixie. Peels & sections fairly well, good flavor, SEEDLESS. Medium size, medium orange rind color, slightly rough rind.
During much of its evaluation, it was called 'Pixie-like' because of its similarities to the 'Pixie' cultivar. A virus-free budwood source was established at Lindcove Research and Extension center, Exeter, California in 1986 as VI 422. Cameron and repropagated for additional evaluation. This hybrid was first selected in 1975 by D.K. The cross was made at Riverside in the 1950s (the exact date is not known). The fruit usually matures by early March, but holds exceptionally well on the tree, with summer-harvested fruit still being of good quality.Ī seedless mid- to late-season mandarin. The flesh is bright orange, finely-textured, and seedless. The aromatic rind is moderately easy to peel. Gold Nugget fruits are usually medium in size and oblate in form with a somewhat bumpy orange rind. It can grow to a moderately-large size at maturity. The tree grows vigorously and is upright in form. Gold Nugget is a recently-released mandarin variety developed within the University of California Riverside citrus breeding program.
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