Variety original from Japan, widely commercially extended in Spain and Morocco. Two varieties are mainly being produced in Uruguay: Owari and more recently Okitsu. Its main feature is its earliness, being the Okitsu earlier than Owari. Fruits of medium to large size, seedless and easy peeling, very juicy and extremely sweet. The sequency of the described varieties allows a wide distribution from mid-February until mid-May.
Variety obtained from irradiaton of Hudson variety in Texas. Its fruits develop external strong yellow colour with reddish areas. Pulp is red to intense red, very high juice content and also red, sweet flavour and less acidity than Marsh. It has almost no pips, skin is thin and smooth. It is produced from mid-May to end of September.
Very ancient tangor, spreaded in the United States. Fruits of medium size, slightly flattened at base and top smooth skin, orange-yellowish colour, rather tightly adherent and shallow ribbed. High contents of juice and sugar. It is produced from beginning of July until mid-September.
Variety selected in Australia, constitutes one of our main mandarines, highly demanded in the international market. Fruits of medium to large size. The texture of the skin is smooth, and although thin, it is easy peeling without letting great quantity of essencial oil come out. Attractive colour, delicate and juicy pulp, and its taste is sweet although it maintains acid levels wich provide an excellent sugar/acidity relation. It is produced from mid-June until end of October.
Probably originated in China, reaching Brasil from Portugal. Fruits from the Navel group, are characterized for harving no seeds, large, size, easy peeling skin, highly intense orange colour, and a pleasant and sweet taste. In Uruguay they are grown from the early varieties, Newhall and Navelinas, going through the Washington which is the most important, until the late Navelates. Its supply extends from mid-April to beginning of August.
Probably of Portuguese origin. Leader variety at world level. The most produced in Uruguay. Fruits of medium size, well coloured skin, thin and consistent. Its pupl has good colour, hig contents of attractive, colorful and tasty juice, with few or no seeds. All of these assets make of it an excellent variety for fresh consumption as well as for juice. Its export calendar begins mid-July until end of December.
Clementine, probably of Chinese origin, is the most spread variety in the Mediterranean area in the last decades. Several of its mutations, of Spanish origin, are being produced in Uruguay, as Nules, Marisol, Oroval and Fina. Its fruits vary among different mutations but its orange colour is very intense. Its high contents of juice and the relation sugar/acidity makes it very desirable in the market. The range of varieties widens the picking period from mid-April until mid-July.
Variety widely spread in California. Fruits of variable size, medium to large, spheric to oval, smooth and thin skin, short stem. High contents of juice, with some pips. External colour varies from silver green to yellow, according to season. Due to climate and varietal characteristics, many flowering occur, therefore production takes place practically all year round. With a heavy crop between beginning of June to end of September.
Variety of Valencia origin, of recent commercial development in Uruguay. Its fruits are medium, its skin is smooth and of medium thickness. Its very delicate juice and smooth pulp makes of it a very desirable orange. It has almost no pips and a very fine, delicious, sweet flavour. It is offered from mid-June until beginning of August.