This early tangerine is of excellent eating quality. Robinson requires cross pollination by varieties such as Temple, Orlando, or Lee. Brittle wood, and a tendency to bear fruit near limb extremities can result in limb breakage and tree collapse in heavy crop years. Trees are also very susceptible to twig and limb dieback, the cause of which has yet to be fully determined.
Fruit tends to dry out prematurely on trees on more vigorous rootstocks.
The thin-skinned fruit is susceptible to splitting. Postharvest decay problems are partly due to the early harvest period and the need for degreening due to a lack of uniform color break of some fruit on the same tree. The Robinson scion is susceptible to Phytophthora footrot. Robinson is considered to be one of the more cold hardy varieties.