Genetics and origin
Mandarins are one of the pure ancestral citrus taxa, and are thought to have evolved in regions including South China and Japan in East Asia, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. Mandarins appear to have been domesticated at least twice, in the north and south Nanling Mountains, derived from separate wild subspecies. Wild mandarins are still found there, including Daoxian mandarines (sometimes given the species name Citrus daoxianensis) as well as some members of the group traditionally called 'Mangshan wild mandarins', a generic grouping for the wild mandarin-like fruit of the Mangshan area that includes both true mandarins (mangshanyeju, the southern subspecies) and the genetically distinct and only distantly-related Mangshanyegan. The wild mandarins were found free of the introgressed pomelo (C. maxima) DNA found in domestic mandarins. Still, they did appear to have small amounts (~1.8%) of introgression from the ichang papeda, which grows wild in the same region.
Price is $4 per pound when you buy 5 pounds, $3.5 per pound when you buy 10 pounds or $3 per pound for 15 pounds. Plus shipping costs. Prices may vary from year to year.
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Available for Shipping or Local Pickup,
 
5lb Minimum for shipping
 
If you would like to arrange pickup from our locations listed below:
 
San Juan Capistrano
Fallbrook
 
Please contact:
Sherry Kisling - (949)735-5277