Five exotic varieties of mandarin were compared with one commercially important local mandarin variety "Kinnow" at National Agricultural Research Center,
Islamabad. Wilking produced maximum number of fruits plant"! (670.0) with average yield of 91.67 kg plant-to Kinnow produced the largest fruit weighing 193.3 g
and the highest juice volume (61.0 ml), It ranked next to Wilking. Pixie and Honey
mandarin though had medium yields but their good characteristics of quality, juice
volume and rind thickness can be used to improve commercially cultivated varieties
through some systematic breeding programmes
