Harvey Correia brought 27 different citrus varieties from Lindcove and we sampled them at Ken's place in Davis, CA on Dec 18, 2014
| Mandarins | |
| Okitsu wase | good, sweet, membranes are hard |
| Dobashi Beni | very nice, membrane is softer |
| Harvey's Miyagawa | very good, smaller fruits |
| Miho wase | very sweet, soft membranes |
| China S9 | has acid, maybe harvested too early, membrane is hard |
| Kuno wase | good tasting, not too sweet, membranes are medium hard |
| Xie-Shan | on the dry side, membranes are hard, but crunchy. Maybe harvested too late after prime-time |
| Clementine Fina | nice flavor, but membranes are hard, too hard |
| Corsica No. 2 | Very nice, very soft membranes, my favorite |
| Kinnow LS | Tart, maybe too early harvested, membranes are soft |
| Fremont | Very hard membranes, the taste is just OK |
| USDA 88-2 | Very nice, balanced. Membranes are medium hard |
| USDA 15-150 | Very nice, soft membranes |
| Page | Balanced flavor, very nice, soft membranes, has a bit of grapefruit in it, another favorite of mine |
| Tango | Maybe not ripe yet, a bit acidic |
| Daisy SL | Very nice, membranes are almost not there. Should get this one too, will try to grow from seed for now |
| Yosemite Gold | Maybe not ready yet. Membranes are hard |
| Oranges | |
| Lima | Plane sweet, no acid at all. Not for me |
| Cara-cara | Sweet, dark pink |
| California Rojo | Has a bit more acid than Cara-cara. Pigmentation is different |
| Harvey's South Orange | Complex, nice, with some acid |
| Harvey's North Orange | More acid, more aromatic, maybe less ripe than the South one |
| Kumquat | |
| Nordmann | Not too sweet, but always seedless |
| Tangelo | |
| Pearl | Just OK |
| Pummelo | |
| Mato Buntan | Sweet, but a bit overripe |
| Sarawak Tahitian | nice, sweet |
| Valentine | The sweetest, with some pink color |
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