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Judging from the scuttlebutt among mandarin experts, both the satsuma and clementine could get a run for their money from Pixie Mandarin in the years to come. According to citrus experts, the Pixie is a fine piece of fruit, and seedless to boot. The fruit is small to medium-small, commonly with broad, short neck and collar. The rind is medium-thin, easily separable, and has a grained to pebbled surface texture. The color is yellowish-orange. The Pixie flesh is medium-orange and moderately juicy. The flavor is pleasant and mild. The tree’ s tendency is to be alternate bearing, which results in the fruit being more prolific and smaller one year, and larger in size and fewer in number the next year. Pixie is a second generation seedling (hybrid or self) from open pollination of a cross of King and Dancy (named Kincy). This variety was made in 1927 by H. B. Frost of the University of California Citrus Research Center, Riverside, and was selected and introduced in 1965 by his colleagues J. W. Cameron and R. K. Soost.