2022 California Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey Report

NEWS RELEASE
United States Department of Agriculture
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

PACIFIC REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 6-100, Sacramento, CA 95814
www.nass.usda.gov/ca
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Gary R. Keough
Gary.Keough@usda.gov
(916) 738-6601

USDA Conducts California Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey
Third Year Survey Results Now Available
SACRAMENTO – September 12, 2022 – USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service,
Pacific Regional Field Office conducted the Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey.
This survey was conducted for the first time in 2020. A sample of 293 Tango and W.
Murcott Afourer Mandarin varieties were randomly selected proportional to county and
variety bearing acreage. Results show an average fruit set of 596 fruit per tree and an
average fruit size of 1.344 inches in diameter for these varieties. This compares with the
2021 average fruit set of 290 fruit per tree with an average fruit size of 1.363 inches in
diameter and the 2020 average fruit per tree of 945 with an average fruit size of 1.488
inches in diameter.
Fruit counts were made from two trees per orchard, and fruit diameter measurements
were taken on the right quadrant of four trees surrounding the two sampled trees.
California Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey Results, September 12, 2022
Average diameter
County
Number of samples
Average set per tree
(inches)
Fresno
32
552
1.294
Kern
75
479
1.332
Madera
32
491
1.234
Tulare
145
697
1.362
Other1
9
466
1.777
State Survey Avg.
293
596
1.344
1Other

includes Imperial, Riverside, and Ventura counties.

This and all NASS Pacific Regional reports are available at www.nass.usda.gov/ca. For
more information, contact the NASS Pacific Regional Field Office at 1-800-851-1127.
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