This document discusses several varieties of mandarin oranges grown around the world, including Kinnow, Khasi, Darjling, Coorg Orange, and Desi. It provides details on the physical characteristics of the fruit for each variety such as size, shape, color, rind thickness, number of segments, pulp color and texture, juice content, and flavor. The Kinnow orange is highlighted as being cold resistant and having moderately thick rind with strong adherence to quite juicy yellowish orange pulp segmented into 9-10 parts.

2. Kinnow Varities in
The World
By
Allah Dad Khan

3. Kinnow
• Kinnow mandarin
hybrid
• Citrus reticulata Blanco

4. Nagpur Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)
• Nagpur Sangtra (mandarin) is chiefly grown
in Satpura hills (Vidarbha region) of central
India. Hilly slopes of Darjeeling (West
Bengal) and Coorg (Karnataka) are other
major belts or mandarin production. In
north western India, Kinnow mandarin is
being grown satisfactorily in Punjab,
Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. In
South India, Wynad, Nilgiri, Palney and
Shevroj hills are major mandarin growing
belts, while hills of Meghalaya (Khashi,
Dusha, Garo, Jaintia), Mizorum, Tripura,
Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have
predominance in mandarins. In Assam,
Brahmaputra valley and Dibrugarh districts
are famous for mandarin production.

5. Khasi
• Fruits globose to oblate,
surface smooth, colour
orange-yellow to bright
orange, rind thin with
very little adherence,
segments usually 10,
pulp vesicles uniformly
orange, texture coarse,
juice abundant with
well-blended flavour

6. Darjling
• Fruits are comparatively
smaller in size
somewhat flat in shape
colour yellowish to
orange when fully ripe,
rind thin, adherence
little, juice abundant
and sweet flavour.

7. Coorg Orange
• Fruits oblate, Colour
bright yellow and
uniform, Rind Medium
Thick with little
adherence, segments
usually between 9 to
11, pulp yellow with
fine texture and
abundant juice

8. Desi
• Fruits ovoid, colour
uniform golden yellow,
rind medium thick
somewhat thicker than
that of Coorg mandarin
,segments usually
between 7 to 10 ,pulp
light reddish yellow,
texture tender ,
sufficiently juicy and
moderately flavoured but
somewhat acidic in taste

9. Kinnow Orange
• The fruit is medium-size
somewhat oblate in shape,
rind moderately thick
adherence with the pulp
quite strong although
peelable surface smooth
and glossy fruit colour
yellowish orange at full
maturity segments 9 to 10,
firm pulp yellowish orange
very juicy somewhat acidic.
The variety is cold resistant.