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  Orange (fruit) - Homedistiller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bitter oranges are used in marmalade and as an ingredient in the liqueurs triple sec and curaƧao.
Orange oil (produced by pressing the peel) is used in surface conditioning of wood furniture, and (along with other citrus oils) in grease removal and as a hand-cleansing agent.
Orange spray (extracted from orange peels and sold commercially) is an extremely efficient cleaning agent which is environmentally friendly and non-toxic.
homedistiller.org /wiki/index.php/Orange_(fruit)   (741 words)

  
 Orange (fruit) at AllExperts
Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the (Florida and California), most Mediterranean countries, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, China, India, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and to a lesser extent Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Greece.
Oranges are widely grown in warm climates worldwide, and the flavors of orange vary from sweet to sour.
The mandarin orange is similar, but smaller and sweeter, and the scarlet navel is a variety with the same diploid mutation as the navel orange.
en.allexperts.com /e/o/or/orange_(fruit).htm   (1205 words)

  
 Dole 5 A Day - We make 5 A Day fun!
Wedges of navel oranges are very popular with athletes because they can be easily eaten for a burst of energy.
Navel oranges are also a delicious addition to fresh fruit and vegetable salads.
Remember, an orange or one glass of orange juice counts as one serving of your 5 A Day and will provide you with all of the vitamin C you need for the day.
www.dole5aday.com /ReferenceCenter/Encyclopedia/Oranges/index.jsp?topmenu=1   (622 words)

  
 Orange
Sour orange, resistant to foot rot, became the preferred rootstock in low hammock and flatwoods soils with high water table until the discovery of the virus disease, tristeza, in Florida orange groves in 1952.
A vinous decoction of husked orange seeds is prescribed for urinary ailments in China and the juice of fresh orange leaves or a decoction of the dried leaves may be taken as a carminative or emmenagogue or applied on sores and ulcers.
An orange seed extract is given as a treatment for malaria in Ecuador but it is known to cause respiratory depression and a strong contraction of the spleen.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/orange.html   (7762 words)

  
 Home Fruit Production
Navel oranges are characterized by the presence of a secondary fruit embedded in the blossom end of the fruit, creating a "navel" opening.
Oranges do not "ripen" in the general sense of the word as it is applied to other fruits; instead, they mature to good eating quality.
Navel oranges are typically peeled and eaten out-of-hand, the others are more commonly sliced or sectioned for fresh consumption or juiced for drinking.
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /Citrus/oranges.htm   (2973 words)

  
 Orange (fruit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oranges are widely grown in warm climates worldwide, and the flavours of orange vary from sweet to sour.
Sweet oranges were brought to Europe in the 15th century from India by Portuguese traders, quickly displaced the bitter, and are now the most common variety of orange cultivated.
The blood orange has streaks of red in the fruit, and the juice is often a dark burgundy colour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_(fruit)   (1291 words)

  
 Navel Oranges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Description: The fruit of the navel orange differs from other sweet orange cultivars because of the secondary or even tertiary fruit at the blossom end within the primary fruit, thus forming the "navel." This large fruit has a bright deep yellow to orange, pebbly skin that is thick and easy to peel.
Navel oranges were being grown in Florida before 1835, but the trees were destroyed by soldiers during the first Seminole War.
Oranges should be stored in the refrigerator 3-4 weeks between 50-60 degrees F. The juice of the navel orange is not desirable for processing or freezing due to the bitterness caused by limonine.
sarasota.extension.ufl.edu /FCS/FlaFoodFare/OrangesN.htm   (590 words)

  
 Orange Varieties
Navels are seedless and propoagate by cuttings and were imported by the USDA in Washington, who distributed them to growers in Florida and California, and thus acquiring the name of Washington Navel (see below).
Washington Navel, California Navel is orginally a mutant from Bahia, Brazil, arriving in North America via a missionary who was so impressed with the rich flavour and its seedlessness, that she sent twelve nursery-sized trees to the USDA, who propagated them and offered them to anyone who cared to give the species a try.
In a cross-section, the Argentine orange resembles a grapefruit.
www.innvista.com /health/foods/fruits/oranvar.htm   (2644 words)

  
 Oranges
Today, we're all eating descendants of the Washington navel she developed, and one of the three original trees she started with is still alive and bearing fruit.
The Mediterranean rim produces a variety of oranges, from the bitter or Seville orange of Spain to the Clementine of Morocco, the blood orange of Italy, and the Jaffa orange of Israel.
The navel is a seedless orange, oval with thick, easy-to-remove peel and segments that separate cleanly.
www.tonytantillo.com /fruits/oranges.html   (1075 words)

  
 Floridata: Citrus sinensis
The caterpillar, called an "orange dog", is itself a spectacular creature - it looks like a 2 in (5.1 cm) long white and brown mottled bird dropping until disturbed, at which time it extends a bizarre pair of bright orange antler-like "scent horns" (osmateria) that stink to high heaven.
Freshly picked oranges are tastier than those bought in the market which usually have been "de-greened" with ethylene gas, washed with detergent, colored with orange dye, coated with wax, and stored for who-knows-how-long under refrigeration.
Oranges are said to lower cholesterol and aid in the digestion of fatty foods.
www.floridata.com /ref/C/citr_sin.cfm   (872 words)

  
 healthy recipes, cooking, oranges, orange salad, blood orange sorbet
Sour oranges came to the New World with Columbus, and orange seeds from Cuba were planted for the first time in continental America by a member of Cortez's party in 1518.
The Mediterranean rim produces a variety of oranges, from the bitter or Seville orange of Spain to the Clementine of Morocco, the blood orange of Italy and the Jaffa orange of Israel.
The Navel is a seedless orange, oval with a thick, easy-to-remove peel and segments that separate cleanly.
www.samcooks.com /relish/oranges.htm   (2658 words)

  
 California Navel Oranges
Navel California navel oranges are considered by many to be the best oranges in the world for eating out of hand.
It's not always safe to assume that a Florida orange is a Valencia juice orange and a California orange is a navel.
Florida navels are, of course, seedless, but they have a higher juice content and a thinner rind that's not as easy to peel as the California navel's.
www.producepete.com /shows/californianaveloranges.html   (549 words)

  
 Tony's TV Topic - California Navel Oranges
The season has started for the number one orange enjoyed throughout the United States, because California has a wonderful navel orange, but you have to select and store them right this time of year, because the sugar isn't totally there yet, and the prices are still high.
When selecting them, unlike the Valencia, the navel orange has to have an orange color all the way around without any greening whatsoever; they have to be nice and orange.
The navel has to be nice and small, because if it's big that orange will have a thick skin and inside there won't be a lot of juice, and let's put it this way, it won't taste any good.
www.tonytantillo.com /oct4.html   (452 words)

  
 Products - Orange Varieties
Fresh oranges from California and Arizona are in season the year-round, with two major varieties: Navels and Valencias.
Navels have a small navel formation at the blossom end and are known as "winter oranges."
Seedless Navel oranges, as well as all other varieties of citrus fruits, are reproduced by "budding".
foodservice.sunkist.com /products/oranges.asp   (566 words)

  
 Kern County Navel Orange Harvest Will Begin Soon in Kern County - Citrus, Subtropical Horticulture, Pistachios - Kern ...
The navel orange belongs to the group of "sweet" oranges native to southeast Asia.
Oranges are much less susceptible to freeze damage if they are grown on the hills of northeast Bakersfield instead of the plains of the city's southwest.
Oranges often suffer freeze damage during the winter in the colder parts of Kern County, especially immature Valencia oranges.
cekern.ucdavis.edu /Custom_Program143/Navel_Orange_Harvest_Will_Begin_Soon_in_Kern_County.htm   (864 words)

  
 Oranges
The seedling orange was solely used as a juice orange and had somewhat of a sour taste.
The taste of the Valencia was between the seedling and the Washington navel, and often was pealed and directly eaten similar to how the Washington navel was eaten.
The Washington Navel orange is at its best in the late fall to winter months, but will hold on the tree for several months beyond maturity and stores well.
www.buenaparkchorus.com /oranges.htm   (610 words)

  
 The Navel Orange Family Tree
Navel oranges are grown by grafting buds onto other citrus trees.
But orange growers thought seedless oranges were a great idea, so they grafted a bud onto another tree, then grafted buds from that tree onto another, and so on.
Every navel orange in the world can be traced back to that original mutant tree in Brazil.
amos.indiana.edu /library/scripts/orange.html   (217 words)

  
 The Orange Empire of Southern California
Thanks in part to clever marketing of a unique navel orange, the region played a vital role in luring frigid easterners to Southern California during the past century.
As the oldest city in the Orange Empire, San Bernardino has slipped somewhat the past 30-40 years but is now refocusing on unlocking its unique historical past while still maintaining an eye toward the future.
Due to the higher per capita wealth brought upon Riverside by the navel orange industry, local residents rose up to protest what they felt was unfair taxation at their expense in funding a new San Bernardino County courthouse.
www.orange-empire.com /v02/misc/history.shtml   (1254 words)

  
 navel orange - Allrecipes
Grown in California, Arizona and Florida, the navel is an excellent eating ORANGE.
Its name originates from the fact that the blossom end resembles the human navel.
Available from late fall through late spring, the navel ORANGE is sometimes called Washington, Riverside or Bahia navel.
allrecipes.com /HowTo/navel-orange/detail.aspx   (114 words)

  
 UCR: Citrus Variety Collection
Navelate (VI 548) is a selection discovered in 1948 in the Castellon Province of Spain as a limb spot on a Washington navel orange tree.
Navelate trees are reported to be vigorous and slightly larger than Washington navel orange trees.
Navel orange trees, in general, and Washington navel orange trees in particular, are not very vigorous trees.
www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu /citrus/sweet_oranges.html   (4110 words)

  
 Spinach and navel orange salad with feta cheese - The Boston Globe
Spinach and navel orange salad with feta cheese - The Boston Globe
Spinach and navel orange salad with feta cheese
Serves 4 1 cup shelled walnuts 2 1/2 navel oranges Salt and pepper, to taste 1/4 cup olive oil 4 ounces (6 cups lightly packed) baby spinach, stems removed 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled 1.
www.boston.com /ae/food/articles/2006/02/22/spinach_and_navel_orange_salad_with_feta_cheese   (213 words)

  
 California Oranges, Types of Oranges - Blood, Navel, Valencia - Sunkist
Sunkist oranges are vividly colored due to their growing climate-they are never dyed to enhance their color.
Navel oranges are easy to spot in your produce aisle-they're the ones with the button formation opposite the stem end.
Navel orange segments are healthy and fun kid foods for snacks and lunches, that pack and travel well.
www.sunkist.com /products/oranges.asp   (670 words)

  
 What is a navel orange? - Weird Plants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Oranges, both sour and sweet, do escape from cultivation and grow in the wild, but there was no original wild orange.
The navel orange is a bud-sport of the sweet orange.
Seeds never develop and the ovary becomes a second rudimentary berry found within the orange at the apical end where the blossom was attached—the "navel" in the orange.
www.killerplants.com /weird-plants/20030213.asp   (735 words)

  
 Navel Orange - Food Facts & Trivia , Oranges
The Navel orange is a seedless (or nearly seedless) orange, with medium-thick rind, in which a second small, orange grows.
The navel orange has thick, bright orange skin which is very easy to peel, and sweet meaty flesh.
A variety of the Washington Navel orange is the principal orange product of Texas.
www.foodreference.com /html/f-navel-orange.html   (176 words)

  
 Navel Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Selection: Good-quality navel oranges should be firm and heavy for their size.
Sour varieties of oranges have been cultivated since well before the Middle Ages, the sweet ones appearing only in the 15th Century.
From Southern Asia, the orange spread to Syria, Persia, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and then on a voyage of Columbus, to the West Indies.
www.produceoasis.com /Items_folder/Fruits/Navel.html   (181 words)

  
 Navel Oranges
Navel oranges, so named for their "belly button" at the blossom end, originated like most other citrus, from southeast Asia.
The navel was introduced to U.S. shores from trees that were shipped from Brazil to the Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. in the mid-1800's.
Navel oranges differ from their more prolific cousins, Valencias and others, in that they are more suited to eating fresh out of hand as opposed to juicing.
www.wildelife.com /nws/guido/navel.html   (553 words)

  
 Kern County Navel Orangewrm Seen as Increasing Threat to Pistachio Productio - Citrus, Subtropical Horticulture, ...
Navel orangeworms that survive processing usually hatch in bags of pistachios that are not immediately eaten by consumers.
Navel orangeworm does not over winter in the egg, so is dependent for survival as a larva in unharvested nuts left on the tree or on the ground during the winter in the San Joaquin Valley.
Navel orangeworm has the ability to fly inter-orchard distances so effective control is dependent on measures conducted on an area-wide basis.
cekern.ucdavis.edu /Custom_Program143/Navel_Orangewrm_Seen_as_Increasing_Threat_to_Pistachio_Productio.htm   (1167 words)

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