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| Most are Available from The Orange Shop |
Taste Characteristics: Rich, honey-sweet, pleasant flavor;
secondary fruit is embedded in the apex of the primary
fruit and gives the appearance of a navel.
Internal Characteristics: Red color; seedless.
Origin: Introduced from Venezuela and released in
Florida in 1987.
secondary fruit is embedded in the apex of the primary
fruit and gives the appearance of a navel.
Internal Characteristics: Red color; seedless.
Origin: Introduced from Venezuela and released in
Florida in 1987.
Navel Oranges
Approximate Season (may vary): October - December.
secondary fruit is embedded in the apex of the primary
fruit and gives the appearance of a navel.
Internal Characteristics: Medium to deeper orange color;
seedless.
Origin: Originated from Bahia Navel from Brazil. Sent to
the USA in 1870.
Suggested Uses: Peel for a dessert treat or snack, or cut in
points, wheel or smiles. Use in salads, as a garnish or as an
ingredient in a main or side dish.
Approximate Season (may vary): October - December.
secondary fruit is embedded in the apex of the primary
fruit and gives the appearance of a navel.
Internal Characteristics: Medium to deeper orange color;
seedless.
Origin: Originated from Bahia Navel from Brazil. Sent to
the USA in 1870.
Suggested Uses: Peel for a dessert treat or snack, or cut in
points, wheel or smiles. Use in salads, as a garnish or as an
ingredient in a main or side dish.
Alternative Name(s): Honeybell.
Approximate Season (may vary): January - February.
Taste Characteristics: Unique, delicious, distinctive
flavor, rich, tart and aromatic.
Peel Characteristics: Bright reddish-orange with a
smooth, fine texture.
Internal Characteristics: Medium orange interior; seedless.
Origin: Cross between a Duncan grapefruit and Dancy
tangeerine by W. T. Swingle, T.R. Robinson, and E.M.
Savage at USDA in Florida, 1931.
Suggested Uses: Peel or cut into points, wheels or smiles.
Eat as a snack or use in salads, as a garnish or as an
ingredient in a main or side dish.
November.
bright orange interior.
Peel Characteristics: Easy to peel. Dark orange peel
color.
Internal Characteristics: Dark orange interior; some seeds.
Origin: Hybrid, developed in USDA breeding program -
Orlando, released in May 1987.
Suggested Uses: Peel or cut into points, wheels or smiles.
Eat as high energy snack or use in salads, as a garnish or
as an ingredient in a main or side dish.
bright orange interior.
Peel Characteristics: Easy to peel. Dark orange peel
color.
Internal Characteristics: Dark orange interior; some seeds.
Origin: Hybrid, developed in USDA breeding program -
Orlando, released in May 1987.
Suggested Uses: Peel or cut into points, wheels or smiles.
Eat as high energy snack or use in salads, as a garnish or
as an ingredient in a main or side dish.
Approximate Season (may vary): January - March.
Peel Characteristics: Rind slightly pebbled with deepest
reddish-orange of any citrus. Easy to peel.
Internal Characteristics: Light orange interior; some
seeds.
Origin: A mandarin orange hybrid found growing wild in
Jamaica in 1896.
Suggested Uses: Peel and eat as a sweet, healthful
snack. Also makes delicious juice.
Peel Characteristics: Rind slightly pebbled with deepest
reddish-orange of any citrus. Easy to peel.
Internal Characteristics: Light orange interior; some
seeds.
Origin: A mandarin orange hybrid found growing wild in
Jamaica in 1896.
Suggested Uses: Peel and eat as a sweet, healthful
snack. Also makes delicious juice.
Approximate Season (may vary): November - Mid
January.
level of sweet, rich flavor.
Origin: Hybrid, developed in USDA breeding
program-Orlando, released in 1979. Cross between
Robinson (Clementine x Orlando Tangelo) and Osceola.
Suggested Uses: Excellent peeled or cut in points,
wheel or smiles. Eat as a snack or use in salads, as a
garnish or as an ingredient in a main or side dish.
Wonderful lunch treat or dessert.
Alternate Names: Murcott, Smith.
Approximate Season (may vary): January - April.
Taste Characteristics: Good, sweet, distinctive, fairly
rich flavor.
Peel Characteristics: Smooth in texture,
yellowish-orange. Rind is thin, smooth in texture,
leathery, easy to peel.
Internal Characteristics: Deep orange, tender
interior; some seeds.
Suggested Uses: Peel for lunchbox snacks, or use in
salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in a main or
side dish.
Peel Characteristics: Orange to yellowish color;
sometimes with greenish aspects. Rind is smooth but
sometimes pebbled texture, thin, leathery.
Internal Characteristics: Medium to bright orange
color; seedless.
Thomas Rivers, a nurseryman at Sawbridgeworth,
England, it was first named Excelsior. He sent it to
Long Island, USA in 1870, where it was in turn sent to
Florida and California.
Suggested Uses: The premiere orange for juicing.
Also cut into points, wheels or smiles. Eat as a snack
or use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in a
main or side dish.
sometimes with greenish aspects. Rind is smooth but
sometimes pebbled texture, thin, leathery.
Internal Characteristics: Medium to bright orange
color; seedless.
Thomas Rivers, a nurseryman at Sawbridgeworth,
England, it was first named Excelsior. He sent it to
Long Island, USA in 1870, where it was in turn sent to
Florida and California.
Suggested Uses: The premiere orange for juicing.
Also cut into points, wheels or smiles. Eat as a snack
or use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in a
main or side dish.
Pineapple Oranges
Approximate Season (may vary): December - February.
Taste Characteristics: Brillant, juicy sweet, rich taste.
Peel Characteristics: Bright yellow-orange color;
smooth, thin rind.
Internal Characteristics: Bright orange color; some
seeds.
Origin: Origin from China, brought to Charleston, South
Carolina and planted by Rev. J.B. Owens at Sparr, near
Citra, Florida, around 1860.
Suggested Uses: Delicious as a juice orange, as well as
cut up for snacks. Cut into points, wheels or smiles. Also
use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in a main
or side dish.
Approximate Season (may vary): December - February.
Taste Characteristics: Brillant, juicy sweet, rich taste.
Peel Characteristics: Bright yellow-orange color;
smooth, thin rind.
Internal Characteristics: Bright orange color; some
seeds.
Origin: Origin from China, brought to Charleston, South
Carolina and planted by Rev. J.B. Owens at Sparr, near
Citra, Florida, around 1860.
Suggested Uses: Delicious as a juice orange, as well as
cut up for snacks. Cut into points, wheels or smiles. Also
use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in a main
or side dish.
Peel Characteristics: Thin rind, pale orange color.
Internal Characteristics: Pale orange color; seedless.
Origin: Originated as a chance seedling in 1879 near
Deland, Florida; named by owner A.G. Hamlin.
Suggested Uses: Delicious as a juice orange, as well
as cut up for snacks. Cut into points, wheels or smiles.
Also use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in
a main or side dish.
Internal Characteristics: Pale orange color; seedless.
Origin: Originated as a chance seedling in 1879 near
Deland, Florida; named by owner A.G. Hamlin.
Suggested Uses: Delicious as a juice orange, as well
as cut up for snacks. Cut into points, wheels or smiles.
Also use in salads, as a garnish or as an ingredient in
a main or side dish.
