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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusPage Mandarin
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3616 (opens in a new tab)
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finestcitygarden · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj_cOk9m8ak (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–12:21 of 12:25. The presenter identifies a Page tangelo at 0:36–0:44. At 5:20–5:49 he describes its rind as orange-like and thick, difficult to remove, and suggests juicing or cutting the fruit; at 5:54–6:10 he says Page was the only displayed fruit in which he saw seeds (with a tentative note about Daisy SL). After the peel and seed comparisons, the taste segment at 9:56–10:28 describes eating the fruit like orange slices and calls it a good/excellent orange. The comparison is dated January 25, 2025 (1:09–1:18); the video's general California provenance does not identify Page's specific growing site. No instrumental measurement is reported.
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Larry K. Jackson; Stephen H. Futch · UF/IFAS Extension · 2024-03-25
https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/CH067 (opens in a new tab)
Page-specific extension profile. Current page metadata: release March 25, 2024; publication history states original September 2003 and revisions June 2018, March 2021, and February 2024; DOI 10.32473/edis-ch067-1993. Describes 1942 Minneola tangelo × Clementine mandarin cross and 1963 release; fruit size/seed variation, October maturity and some harvest through February, scab susceptibility, and qualitative relative cold hardiness. No sample size, site-specific trial, measurement method, or numeric cold threshold stated; care/pollenizer/rootstock text includes recommendations.
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Citrus Australia (host); joint agency logos on document · 2002-01 (last revised)
https://citrusaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Page.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Two-page Page fact sheet, last revised January 2002. Describes Florida origin, 1942 Minneola × Clementine hybrid released 1963 and imported to Australia as seed in 1979; estimated Australian regional marketing season; fruit quality, seed variability, on-tree/postharvest handling, upright moderate vigor and limited rootstock information. Reports Alternaria brown spot susceptibility and qualifies tristeza sensitivity as circumstantial evidence. No sample counts, orchard trial site, measurement method, or disease-rating protocol stated.
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faeriegarden_gw · Houzz Forum
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1819147/page-mandarin-or-is-it (opens in a new tab)
Houzz thread; original poster's visible date is only “17 years ago.” Replies include grower reports: tolumnia reports nine Page trees, about a bushel from an eight-year-old tree that year; malcolm_manners describes fruit on mature arboretum trees; islandmanmitch reports small-tangerine-sized fruit and fresh juice; citrusboy aka marc reports two Durling’s dwarf trees and about 3–4 seeds per fruit; Selkirk reports about two dozen fruit from a three-year-old tree in Houston/Matagorda on full sun and nearly pure sand. Keep each statement tied to its commenter/tree; all taste language is subjective and unscored. Original asker had a newly bought young tree and no fruit observation.
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Citrus Growers Forum
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopic02ca-4.php (opens in a new tab)
Read-only legacy Citrus Growers Forum topic, one page. Posts are dated April 10–16, 2008. First-hand reports include mrtexas (Missouri City, TX; first fruit the prior year from four-year-old, six-foot in-ground tree; not impressed), citrusboy aka marc (Southern California coastal; two Durling’s dwarf trees, barely productive, estimated 3–4 seeds per fruit; hedge planting limited all-around sun), and Selkirk (Houston/Matagorda, TX; about two dozen fruit from a three-year-old tree in full sun on nearly pure sand). Taste descriptions are subjective and unscored; other posts contain preference or secondhand claims.
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MyGardenLife
https://mygardenlife.com/plant-library/mandarin-page-citrus-reticulata (opens in a new tab)
Undated cultivar profile; footer copyright 2024. Features text says Page was first introduced as an orange around 1942 and identifies Minneola × Clementine; this dating conflicts with UF/IFAS's documented 1963 release and is not used to establish a release event. Plant Details lists height/spread 10–20 ft, zones 8–12, and lowest temp 10–20°F, without cited source or method; treat as unsupported site profile fields, not trial measurements or hardiness thresholds. Subjective flavor text is unscored.
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Fruit Maven · Fruit Maven · 2010-01 (path; day not shown)
https://fruitmaven.com/2010/01/page-tangerine-mandarin/ (opens in a new tab)
One Page sample identified in the article as a winter peak, California-grown farmer’s-market purchase; no orchard or harvest date. Author assigns 4/5 appearance, 4.5/5 aroma, 5/5 texture, 5/5 taste, and 4.5/5 overall star ratings. These remain the author's sample-specific sensory ratings and are not catalog sweet/sour/bitter levels. A separate 2023 comment by Mitchel reports about 17 years growing Page in West Los Angeles and rough good- versus poor-year yields; anecdote is not the article's sample.
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Andrew Scott · Houzz Forum
Houzz thread; original poster and replies display only relative age (“15 years ago”). Andrew says he has not tasted Page. `tantanman` reports three Page trees in coastal Texas (one on citrange, two on trifoliate rootstock), early-December maturity, and that the citrange tree was damaged during a December 2009 freeze reported as 19–23°F; the same tree later reportedly experienced several 23–26°F episodes without harm. Site, exposure measurement, sensor, and duration are unstated; retain as attributed anecdote, not a minimum-temperature rating. Other taste comments are personal opinions, not scored observations.
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Ed Able Solutions (@EdAbleSolutions-qw9zb) · YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vfNXJ_yO8M (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–12:24. Speakers compare fruit identified as Page and Clementine. Page is described as mini-orange sized and fairly easy to peel (1:30–1:46), deeply colored with rich flavor (1:53–2:01), and sometimes seeded but “less seeded” even near other citrus (2:08–2:26). One speaker says it is less sweet than expected and appreciates its acidity (2:26–2:34); the group later describes sweetness and acidity blending (2:51–3:10). A speaker says he planted Page in his yard (3:11–3:18). The fruit is described as beginning harvest in mid-December, with a prediction of greater sweetness by early January (3:34–3:48); this is informal seasonal commentary, not a measured harvest series. Juice is described as richly colored (3:55–4:07). Tasting fruit, tree, site, rootstock, sample count, harvest date, and seed count are not established. Captions give unclear “sugar/bricks” numbers without instrument, units, sample identity, or method; do not treat these as Brix. Parentage speech is garbled and conflicts with better-supported catalog ancestry; it is not used to revise ancestry.
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Little Bexar Farm (@littlebexarfarm) · YouTube · 2025-02-13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCnWCNJD360 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–5:50. The presenter states the tasting date was February 14, 2025 (0:00–0:08). He describes one short/squat three-year-old Page tree (0:37–0:59) and roughly estimates 175–200 fruit for that tree that year, about half already picked for market (1:02–1:23); this is a disfluent speaker estimate, not a measured yield. Fruit is shown as deep orange (1:25–2:17) and called easy to peel although a knife is used (2:23–2:33). A showcased fruit is called juicy (3:03–4:10) and “ridiculously sweet” (4:19–4:25); this supports qualitative high sweetness only, with no numeric score. The speaker estimates five to 15 seeds per fruit (4:34–4:44), without a stated count method or sample size. He says there is “not a ton of acid” (5:32–5:43); this remains unscored because the category threshold is ambiguous. Exact orchard site, rootstock, crop count, and harvest window are not established; the description includes #Texas. No chemical measurement.
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GreenGardenGuy1 (@GreenGardenGuy1) · YouTube · 2020-11-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9HgVU43Eg (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-generated captions cover 0:00–9:45. The grower places the Page tree on his property in the Puna area of East Hawai‘i (description; 9:23–9:35), says he planted it in 2016 and calls it four years old and doing well (5:36–6:12). Rootstock, precise elevation, harvest date, crop count, and sample replication are not stated. Selected fruit is described as about Dancy-sized with a good smell (2:27–3:08), juicy with good interior color (3:48–4:02), and “relatively seedless” with nearby tangerines capable of cross-pollination (4:11–4:27). The grower describes sweet/tangy flavor and more acidity than Satsuma (5:13–5:30); no catalog taste category or score is assigned. These are local observations from a single grower, not a general performance trial. The speaker’s ancestry account is tentative and conflicts with the better-supported catalog baseline; it is not used to revise ancestry.
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Skeeter · Citrus Growers Forum · 2009-07-21
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopic5b91.php (opens in a new tab)
Skeeter's post dated Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 6:31 pm, in “So Cal Fruit Snackworthy Ranking from my yard.” The poster profile lists Pensacola, Florida, zone 9. In the post Skeeter says they cannot say their Page was any better than Ponkan, and that Ponkan was easier to peel and bigger. Personal relative comparison only; fruit count, tree/rootstock identity, harvest date, dimensions, and measurement method are not stated.
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