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- Oranges are oval to sphere-shaped fruits
with leathery, porous skin. Their color ranges from orange to
red-orange. Oranges may be confused with other citrus fruits, such as
grapefruits and tangerines.
- Oranges grow on evergreen trees that reach
a mature size of 30 feet high and 20 feet wide. The branches of many
orange trees are thorny.
- There are different
types of oranges: navel oranges, Valencia oranges and blood oranges are
the most cultivated races.
- Orange flowers are white in color and very
fragrant. The flower blooms in the spring, but the fruit is not ready
until the following fall or winter.
- The orange blossom is the state flower of
Florida.
- The navel orange is a
seedless orange, with medium-thick rind, in which a second small, or
abortive, orange grows.
- A variety of the
Washington navel orange is the principal orange product of
Texas.
- The sour orange is
cultivated to a limited extent for marmalade and to provide rootstock
for less vigorous strains.
- About 20 percent of the
total crop of oranges is sold as whole fruit; the remainder is used in
preparing frozen and canned orange juice, extracts, and
preserves.
- Brazil’s production of oranges during
2005/06 is forecast at 18.2 million tons, up 10 percent over last year’s
level, assuming that good weather conditions prevail during 2006 to
support fruit setting and size.
- U.S. orange production during 2005/06 is
estimated at 8.4 million tons, up only 1 percent from the previous
year.
- Florida’s orange crop is forecast up
nearly 6 percent from the previous year. Offsetting this is an
11-percent decline in California’s orange production for 2005/06.
- The orange is a favorite fruit among
Americans. It has consistently ranked as the third most consumed fresh
fruit behind bananas and apples. As a juice, it ranks number one. On
average, Americans consume 2½ times more orange juice annually than its
nearest competitor, apple juice.
- The United States is the world's
second-largest orange producer after Brazil. Together, the two countries
account for over half of world production.
- Two large processors/exporters of orange
juice concentrate in Costa Rica, TicoFrut and Del Oro.
TicoFruit’s
processing plant is located in Muelle, San Carlos in the province of
Alajuela, about 3 hours from San Jose.
- Brazil is the leading orange-producing
country in the world, followed by the United
States, Mexico, Spain,
Italy, China, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco and Greece. Florida and California
are the leading orange-producing states in the U.S. These two states
produce nearly 25 billion pounds of oranges each year |
General
- Botany
- Florida Oranges
- Citrus Aurantium Fact Sheet
- Citrus Aurantium
- Fruit of the Month - Oranges
- Contribution of Biotechnology
- Freeze Risk and Adoption of Technology by
Orange Producers
- Oranges & Family
Orange
Production
- Crop Production
- Improving the effectiveness of manual
harvesting of oranges
- Sustainable Fruit Production
- Orange Network in Brazil
- 2004-2005 Annual Statistical Report
- Orange Cultivation at Panchagarh District
of Bangladesh
- Florida orange production
- South African Oranges
- Orange cultivation by traditional upland
farmers in Nepal
Processing of Orange
- Orange Fruit Processing
- Orange Growers and Fruit Juice
Industry
- Citrus Cultivation
- Citrus Plantation
- Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice From
Florida Oranges
- Orange Squash
- Spray dried orange juice
- Fruit Juice Labelling
- Concentrated Fruit Juice
- Major By-Products of the Florida Citrus
Processing
- Quick Orange Fruit Dip
- Citrus fruit processing
Post harvest
Technology
- Microbial Safety for Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables
- Post harvest disinfection
- Safe Handling of Fresh Oranges
- Common Post harvest Diseases &
Disorders
- Cold Storage
- Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards
- Safety Handling and Packaging
- Food Safety
- Citrus Industry in South Africa
Trade
Analysis
- Orange Juice Production and Trade
- Brazilian Fruit Production
- Commodity Profile - Fresh Oranges
- Imports of Fresh Citrus and Citrus
Products from Caribbean Basin
- Citrus Trade
- Citrus Juice Production and Fresh Market
Extension Technologies
- U.S. Orange Juice Tariff
- Most Consumed Fruit in America
Market
- Commodity Trends
- Impacts of Reducing Orange-Juice Tariffs
in Major World Markets on U.S. Prices
- Global Production
- Establishment and Production Costs
- U.S. Orange Production
- Potential Impacts of Cuban Citrus on
Florida’s Citrus Industry
- World Market for Citrus Products and Risk
Management
- Costs of Oranges Produced in Sao Paulo,
Brazil
- Economic Evaluation of Hamlin Versus
Valencia Orange Production in Florida
- Comparative Marketing Costs - Florida and
Sao Paulo
- Characteristics of U.S.Orange
Consumption
- West European Market for Essential
Oils
- U.S. Imports of Mexican Orange Juice
- U.S. Citrus Industry Situation
- Specification of Orange Market in the
Mekong Delta
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