What are the origins of imported oranges? A roundup of common source countries
Oranges are a common fruit, grown almost everywhere across the country, with high nutritional value and a great many varieties. There are also a small number of imported oranges. So what are the origins of imported oranges?
1. Origins of imported oranges
The origins of imported oranges are mainly the United States, Italy, Spain and other countries. In fact, China is the world's largest producer of oranges; imported oranges are only a small number of special varieties.
2. Common orange varieties
1. Jiangxi Gannan navel orange: Gannan navel orange is a specialty of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, and a China National Geographical Indication product. The Gannan navel orange is large and well shaped, generally 250 grams each, bright orange-red, smooth and attractive, with an edible rate of 85%. Its color tends toward red, slightly deeper than oranges from other origins; the peel is smooth and fine; the fruit shape is mostly oval. The soluble solids content is above 14%, sugar content 10.5%-12%, acid content 0.8-0.9%, and the solids-to-acid ratio 15-17:1. Compared with American navel oranges, the soluble solids content is 1-2 percentage points higher, and compared with Japanese navel oranges it is 1-3 percentage points higher.
2. Tarocco navel orange: a type of Tarocco navel orange, the blood orange is native to Italy and was introduced in 1992 by the Citrus Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The fruit is obovate or short oval, with obvious grooves at the stem end, each fruit weighing about 150 grams, orange-red in color and relatively smooth; the flesh is deep in color, entirely purple-red, crisp and tender with abundant juice, sweet and sour and agreeable, with a rich aroma, nearly seedless, and of superior quality; the fruit ripens in January-February of the following year and stores well. As a late-ripening sweet orange, the Tarocco blood orange is an excellent orange variety vigorously promoted in China.
3. Newhall navel orange: the Newhall navel orange (Newhall navel orange) originated in the United States and was obtained from a bud mutation of the Washington navel orange in Duarte, California, USA. China introduced it in 1978, and it is now widely cultivated in Chongqing, Jiangxi (Xingguo), Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and other provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and autonomous regions. The Newhall navel orange is a fresh-market variety with a beautiful appearance, excellent flesh quality and good commercial value.
4. Bingtang orange: the Bingtang orange, also known as Bingtang mandarin, originated in Qianyang County, Hunan (now Hongjiang City), and is much welcomed by the market for its excellent variety, rich sweet fragrance, thin peel, lack of stringy fibers that stick in the teeth, and crisp tender flesh. It is a mutation of the local common sweet orange, cultivated more in Hunan, with small amounts grown in Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangdong and Guangxi. Each fruit weighs 150-170 grams, with soluble solids at 14.5%, sugar content above 12 grams/100 milliliters, acid content 0.6 grams/100 milliliters, a rich sweet taste with a light fragrance, and few seeds, 3-4 per fruit. It ripens in early to mid-November, and the fruit stores relatively well. The Bingtang orange has good quality, a rich sweet taste, and is also relatively cold-tolerant.
5. Sunkist orange: Sunkist oranges are produced in California, USA, and are an imported fruit; before going on the market they undergo strict screening and packaging, so their quality is relatively uniform. Their appearance is similar to ordinary sweet oranges, but they are larger, bright orange-yellow in color, and more fragrant. Sunkist sweet oranges are famous for their juicy and sweet flesh. Sunkist oranges are suitable for eating cut open as flesh or for making juice and cold drinks. The Sunkist orange fruit is round to oblong, orange-yellow, with raised oil cells, and the peel does not come away easily. It has no bitter taste. The central column is solid; the juice tastes sweet and fragrant.
Oranges are very common in daily life, and everyone likes this fruit very much. The taste of imported oranges differs from that of domestic oranges; if conditions allow, you can give them a try.