Re: back to oranges
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- Subject: Re: back to oranges
- From: J* B*
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:33:33 +0300
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Kurt
Our Valencias also ripen orange. Don't know if maybe 'Valencia' is a type,
having many cultivars within its group?
Janet
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: back to oranges
> In a message dated 9/16/99 6:06:38 AM EST, tnottle@picknowl.com.au writes:
>
> << Valencia oranges are usually green when ripe, with just a hint of
orange.
> Washington Navels are usually ornage all over, but are not so sweet as
> Valencias. >>
>
> I know I'm going out on a limb whenever I differ in opinion from Trevor,
but
> in my home orchard, Valencias turn orange WAY before they are ready to
eat.
> They take at least 18 months on the tree before they are sweet enough to
eat.
> My Washington Navels, on the other hand, are usually sweet enough to eat
> soon after they turn orange. Navel oranges can also be fully as sweet as
> Valencias, but when used for juice, navels don't "squeeze" well, and the
> resulting juice has a residual bitterness to it. That is one reason why
> navels are the orange of choice for eating out of hand and Valencias are
the
> orange of choice for juicing.
>
> Kurt Mize
> Stockton, California
> USDA Zone 9
>
>
