Citrus, Satsuma Orange, Unshu Orange 'Brown's Select'

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My Brown Select has been in the ground in Dallas Texas for two winters with no real damage. Last winter in Dallas was extreme and many su...Read Morepposedly cold hardy plants didn't make it, so I consider the Brown Select one that can be grown here successfully.
I have another citrus planted outside that I thought was a Satsuma, but it turned out to be a Meyer's Lemon and it also survived last winter's freeze.

This is my first year with my Brown Select. It was over wintered in the pot it had when I bought it. I planted it after our last freeze...Read More of winter and today it is about 4 feet tall, 3 feet wide and covered with well over 30 fruits ranging in size from 1" to 3". It has produced 3 seperate flower periods with each one having produced some fruit. I have noticed I really have to be careful with watering, otherwise I am very happy with this tree.

This is supposedly one of the most cold-hardy of the satsumas. Fruit is similar, but a little larger and sweeter, than the Owari. I have ...Read Moregrown these for the last 14 years and have had no freeze damage in zone 8b/8a (temps down to ~20F). Fruit is almost seedless, seems to get sweeter with the onset of colder weather. Have had leaf-miner infestations several years, but the effects on the tree's vigor seems minimal. My all-time favorite citrus tree and fruit.