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The mandarin variety ‘W. Murcott’ (also known as ‘Afourer’) is relatively new to San Joaquin Valley citriculture.  In fact, other than a relatively long history of growing the Satsuma mandarin, most mandarin varieties are relatively new to the San Joaquin Valley.  Unlike the expertise in growing navel and Valencia oranges and lemons, most citrus growers are still on a learning curve in producing mandarins commercially.  The W. Murcott mandarin is relatively late maturing variety, with good color, good production, good appearance and good taste.  If grown sufficiently far from other pollen-producing citrus, it is mostly seedless.  So what’s the problem? Some of the oldest W. Murcott mandarin trees in the San Joaquin Valley are located in a randomized planting of numerous varieties of mandarins established in the mid-1990s at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center.  In early December 2007, most of the W....
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