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Gold Nugget or Tango Tangerine?

simon_grow
11 years ago

Hello everyone, just wondering which tangerine people prefer. Both are seedless and both are supposed to be sweet with a perfect amount of acidity and easy to peel. Has anyone tried both of these and which one do you prefer? A description of the taste would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Simon

Comments (10)

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    11 years ago

    If you can squeeze both in, you'll have mandarins from Jan through to Aug! When Tango finishes up, the Gold Nuggets are coming ripe. And, the Gold Nuggets hold very well on the tree. And cayden, give your Tango some time. It's a slower to mature tree, tends to want to grow straight up and may need some pruning in the 2nd to 3rd year to encourage more side branching. And, continue to prune so you don't get these long whip like branches that will break, since it can be a very prolific producer. It also has a tendency to alternate bear, as many mandarins do. Both worthy of a spot in your garden. Just keep them pruned to size, and you can enjoy mandarins nearly year round. They are both just about equal taste-wise in my opinion.

    Patty S.

  • pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CA
    11 years ago

    I tried both - Tango from farmers market for several weeks in a row, and Gold Nugget from backyard trees many times. Both were very good. Tango seemed to be slightly more fibrous, but maybe I didn't hit the prime time.
    Are you deciding which one to plant? I finally decided on GN. The semi-dwarf certainly is a little engine that can produce. My husband, who was not a mandarin person, likes the fruit so much we dug out a guava to put a second GN in.

  • cayden
    11 years ago

    Patty,

    Thanks for the encouragement. The tango is finally starting to look like it's recovering from the transplant shock. I'm anxious for it to start fruiting! I so wish I had the room you do for all those wonderful citrus :)

    Caid

  • simon_grow
    Original Author
    11 years ago

    Thanks for the replies everyone, I actually picked up a Tango and a Golden Nugget last year but my yard is small and I could only keep one so I kept the Tango and gave the GN to my best friend that lives around the corner from me. I tried the Gold Nugget off a tree at the nursery but even though the guy said it wasn't quite ready yet and it was really bland and not sweet. Last week, I picked up some GN's at the Mira Mesa Farmers market and the GN's were Absolutely Delicious!!!

    My Tango tree had 3 fruits on it this year and last week, I tasted the largest one and the flavor was kinda off and not too sweet, very similar to the GN that wasn't quite ripe yet. Then I went to the nursery and tried a very large Tango off their tree and it was very sweet with excellent tangerine acidity, similar to the best Cuties you can find at the markets. I remember reading that Tango is one of the varieties they use as Cuties.

    I like both Tango and Gold Nugget and both can taste off if picked too early or late. If I could only pick one, I prefer Gold Nugget by the slimest of margins because it has a complex taste that is very reminiscent of "Dekopon/Sumo" mandarins. I will pick up another GN to replace the one I gave to my best friend and then I will have all three. Dekopon is my alltime favorite Mandarin.
    Simon

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    11 years ago

    Well, as much as I love the Dekopon, and right off the tree they're much, much better than what we can get at the store, but the mandarin that beats the Dekopon is the Seedless Kishu. By a lot. It is fantastic. The only reason it hasn't reached summit-like proportions like the Dekopon is due to it's size. It's very small. But, it is really seedless. As in no seeds. And, it was the most delicious mandarin of all the mandarins at the Citrus Variety Collection. And the trees showed it as nearly all the fruit had been picked off the two trees! The employees there love those two mandarins the best, too :-)

    Patty S.

  • manuelconde
    11 years ago

    Hi,
    I already have some varieties of mandarin, and I would like to have some variety with no seeds.
    I would like to know where to buy a tree of Tango o Gold nugget...

    Thanks in advance.
    Manuel.

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    11 years ago

    Again, Manuel. Start your own thread. Don't ask the same question on two other message threads. You're much better served with this forum by starting your own message thread, than tacking onto someone else's. I have answered you in another thread.

    Patty S.

  • manuelconde
    11 years ago

    Hi Patty,
    I agree with you that this is not the right thread to ask those questions, but I didn't write if I could contact directly with the people who owns such mandarins. But I don't have their email addresses.

    I publish my personal email in case of anyone wants to contact with me. That way I won't disturb with my messages.
    Sorry for the inconvinience.

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    11 years ago

    It's not an inconvenience, Manuel, more that this forum's structure is such that starting your own thread is a better way to get your specific question answered. You can ask folks to email you directly if you wish. Up to you. Just how the Garden Web forum sort of works. If you start your own thread, and ask your specific questions, and ask for opinions from forum member who have the specific cultivars you have questions about, you'll get plenty of answers.

    Patty S.

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