Rio Ruby\u2122 Red Grapefruit\u2026Honeybells\u2026Sumo Citrus\u00ae\u2026Sol Zest. We at Pittman & Davis are committed to providing our customers with the freshest, best-quality citrus available, and we\u2019re proud of the many varieties we offer\u2026some you won\u2019t find so easily in your local grocery store. But we\u2019re also proud of our perhaps less exotic, but always popular grown-in-Florida and grown-in-Texas Navel Oranges.<\/p>\n
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A Navel Orange is a sweet orange that, instead of seeds, sports a second, undeveloped \u201ctwin\u201d fruit opposite its stem end. This undeveloped fruit is said to bear a resemblance to a human navel \u2013 hence the name, \u201cNavel Orange.\u201d Because Navel Oranges have no seeds, they can\u2019t reproduce except through the horticultural technique known as grafting.<\/p>\n
Nowadays, there are over fifty varieties of Navel Orange (including our rosy-fleshed, berry-tasting Cara Cara Navels), but the variety you\u2019re probably most familiar with is the classic or Washington Navel Orange, which is genetically identical to the first Navel Orange ever discovered.<\/p>\n
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Navel Oranges are a fairly new citrus fruit that can be traced easily. Over 200 years ago, an ordinary orange tree growing on the grounds of a Brazilian monastery spontaneously produced a branch containing tangy-sweet, juicy oranges that were seedless. (This sort of spontaneous mutation is known as a biological \u201csport.\u201d)<\/p>\n
With its rich, sparkling flavor, the new fruit was an instant hit. But because it\u2019s naturally seedless, new trees must be grown from the cuttings of old trees \u2013 a process known as grafting. Around a dozen cuttings from the very tree that first produced these unusual oranges in the peaceful grove in Brazil were sent to the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC in the late 1800s. But it wasn\u2019t until Eliza Tibbets, a California woman, planted one of these seedlings in the garden of her Riverside home and it began producing that the famous fruit began to get a wider audience in the United States. Mrs. Tibbet’s success in growing navel oranges continued, and growers in California, Florida and Texas took buds from her tree and began to grow trees of their own.<\/p>\n
Eliza Tibbet\u2019s parent tree was designated a California Historic Landmark in 1932, and no wonder \u2013 the fruit from her tree and its many descendants is now the most popular type of Navel Orange the world over.<\/p>\n
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Navel Oranges are nutritional powerhouses! Packed with health benefits, Navel Oranges<\/a> are (perhaps most famously) an excellent source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and thiamin, as well as potassium, vitamin A, beta-carotene and even calcium. Regularly including Navel Oranges in your diet may help protect you from heart disease, cancer and diabetes, while also helping to improve your memory, blood pressure, immune system and your overall health. This sweet treat is a great snack if you want to stay slim, too \u2013 a typical Navel Orange is just 69 calories.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perfect for eating out of hand and not too drippy, Navel Oranges section up beautifully for a refreshing snack at any time. They also work in many recipes from salads to desserts. Since they are some of the sweetest and plumpest oranges available, Navel Oranges work exceptionally well as topping for fresh and fruit salads. The juice is especially tasty so long as it\u2019s drunk while still very fresh (because Navel Oranges contain limonin, their juice tends to turn sour after half an hour). The fruit can be used to create sauces, added to bread, and cakes, and the zest used to make marmalade.<\/p>\n Delicious, good for you, and with a fascinating backstory to boot, Navel Oranges deserve their place on \u201cThe Most Popular Citrus Fruits\u201d list. When trying new and exotic citrus fruits, don\u2019t overlook this classic \u2013 knowing its history may give you a new appreciation for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rio Ruby\u2122 Red Grapefruit\u2026Honeybells\u2026Sumo Citrus\u00ae\u2026Sol Zest. We at Pittman & Davis are committed to providing our customers with the freshest, best-quality citrus available, and we\u2019re proud of the many varieties we offer\u2026some you won\u2019t find so easily in your local grocery store. But we\u2019re also proud of our perhaps less exotic, but always popular grown-in-Florida and grown-in-Texas Navel Oranges. What makes a Navel Orange a Navel Orange? A Navel Orange is a sweet orange that, instead of seeds, sports a second, undeveloped \u201ctwin\u201d fruit opposite its stem end. This undeveloped fruit is said to bear a resemblance to a human navel \u2013 hence the name, \u201cNavel Orange.\u201d Because Navel Oranges have no seeds, they can\u2019t reproduce except through the horticultural technique known as grafting. Nowadays, there are over fifty varieties of Navel Orange (including our rosy-fleshed, berry-tasting Cara Cara Navels), but the variety you\u2019re probably most familiar with is the classic or Washington Navel Orange, which is genetically identical to the first Navel Orange ever discovered. If They Have No Seeds, Where Do Navel Oranges Come From? Navel Oranges are a fairly new citrus fruit that can be traced easily. Over 200 years ago, an ordinary orange tree growing on the grounds of a Brazilian monastery spontaneously produced a branch containing tangy-sweet, juicy oranges that were seedless. (This sort of spontaneous mutation is known as a biological \u201csport.\u201d) With its rich, sparkling flavor, the new fruit was an instant hit. But because it\u2019s naturally seedless, new trees must be grown from the cuttings of old trees \u2013 a process known as grafting. Around a dozen cuttings from the very tree that first produced these unusual oranges in the peaceful grove in Brazil were sent to the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC in the late 1800s. But it wasn\u2019t until Eliza Tibbets, a California woman, planted one of these seedlings in the garden of her Riverside home and it began producing that the famous fruit began to get a wider audience in the United States. Mrs. Tibbet’s success in growing navel oranges continued, and growers in California, Florida and Texas took buds from her tree and began to grow trees of their own. Eliza Tibbet\u2019s parent tree was designated a California Historic Landmark in 1932, and no wonder \u2013 the fruit from her tree and its many descendants is now the most popular type of Navel Orange the world over. Navel Oranges are Certainly Delicious, But Are They Good for You? Navel Oranges are nutritional powerhouses! Packed with health benefits, Navel Oranges are (perhaps most famously) an excellent source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and thiamin, as well as potassium, vitamin A, beta-carotene and even calcium. Regularly including Navel Oranges in your diet may help protect you from heart disease, cancer and diabetes, while also helping to improve your memory, blood pressure, immune system and your overall health. This sweet treat is a great snack if you want to stay slim, too \u2013 a typical Navel Orange is just 69 calories. What Can Navel Oranges Be Used for Besides Eating Fresh? Perfect for eating out of hand and not too drippy, Navel Oranges section up beautifully for a refreshing snack at any time. They also work in many recipes from salads to desserts. Since they are some of the sweetest and plumpest oranges available, Navel Oranges work exceptionally well as topping for fresh and fruit salads. The juice is especially tasty so long as it\u2019s drunk while still very fresh (because Navel Oranges contain limonin, their juice tends to turn sour after half an hour). The fruit can be used to create sauces, added to bread, and cakes, and the zest used to make marmalade. To Sum Up\u2026 Delicious, good for you, and with a fascinating backstory to boot, Navel Oranges deserve their place on \u201cThe Most Popular Citrus Fruits\u201d list. When trying new and exotic citrus fruits, don\u2019t overlook this classic \u2013 knowing its history may give you a new appreciation for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[193,204,229,230,232,231,61],"class_list":["post-5586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fruit-information","tag-fresh-fruit","tag-fresh-fruit-gifts","tag-fresh-navel-oranges","tag-fresh-navels","tag-history-of-navel-oranges","tag-navel-orange-info","tag-navel-oranges"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5588,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions\/5588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What Can Navel Oranges<\/a> Be Used for Besides Eating Fresh?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
To Sum Up\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n