Citrus Encyclopedia

Citrus sinensis 'Navelina' (Orange Navelina)

Navelina is the leading early-season navel orange in Spain and the Mediterranean, ripening 2–4 weeks before Washington Navel with excellent eating quality and early rind color development. Its compact tree...

Citrus sinensis 'Navelina' (Orange Navelina)

Navelina is the leading early-season navel orange in Spain and the Mediterranean, ripening 2–4 weeks before Washington Navel with excellent eating quality and early rind color development. Its compact tree...

Citrus sinensis 'Parson Brown' (Orange Parson B...

Parson Brown is Florida's oldest named orange variety, discovered in 1878 by a retired Baptist minister near Webster. Once the leading early-season juice orange, it has been displaced by Hamlin's...

Citrus sinensis 'Parson Brown' (Orange Parson B...

Parson Brown is Florida's oldest named orange variety, discovered in 1878 by a retired Baptist minister near Webster. Once the leading early-season juice orange, it has been displaced by Hamlin's...

Citrus sinensis 'Salustiana' (Orange Salustiana)

Salustiana is Spain's premier juice orange — a seedless, thin-skinned variety producing exceptionally sweet, high-juice-content fruit that defines the country's fresh-squeezed 'zumo natural' culture. Discovered in Énova, Valencia, around 1950,...

Citrus sinensis 'Salustiana' (Orange Salustiana)

Salustiana is Spain's premier juice orange — a seedless, thin-skinned variety producing exceptionally sweet, high-juice-content fruit that defines the country's fresh-squeezed 'zumo natural' culture. Discovered in Énova, Valencia, around 1950,...

Citrus sinensis 'Trovita' (Orange Trovita)

Trovita is a USDA-selected sweet orange bred for California's intermediate coastal and foothill climates where other oranges underperform. Cold-hardy to -4°C, it produces sweet, thin-skinned fruit with few seeds and...

Citrus sinensis 'Trovita' (Orange Trovita)

Trovita is a USDA-selected sweet orange bred for California's intermediate coastal and foothill climates where other oranges underperform. Cold-hardy to -4°C, it produces sweet, thin-skinned fruit with few seeds and...

Citrus sinensis 'Lane Late' (Orange Navel 'Lane...

Lane Late is a late-maturing navel orange sport discovered in Australia in 1950, ripening 4–6 weeks after Washington Navel with identical eating quality. Its resistance to granulation and flexible harvest...

Citrus sinensis 'Lane Late' (Orange Navel 'Lane...

Lane Late is a late-maturing navel orange sport discovered in Australia in 1950, ripening 4–6 weeks after Washington Navel with identical eating quality. Its resistance to granulation and flexible harvest...

Citrus sinensis 'Jaffa' (Orange de Jaffa)

The Jaffa (Shamouti) orange is a historically significant variety from Ottoman Palestine whose thick-rinded, nearly seedless fruit dominated European markets throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Adapted to semi-arid...

Citrus sinensis 'Jaffa' (Orange de Jaffa)

The Jaffa (Shamouti) orange is a historically significant variety from Ottoman Palestine whose thick-rinded, nearly seedless fruit dominated European markets throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Adapted to semi-arid...