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 Post subject: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa?
PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:15 pm 
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It looks like the navels from CA are not coming in anymore. One of my supermarkets is selling them from S. Africa, and I'm wondering if I should try them.

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 Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:55 am 
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If you can buy just one, not a whole sack, you may as well try one. Then you will know if you like them.


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 Post subject: Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:21 am 
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Unfortunately, I can only buy them in a 3 lb bag.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:21 am 
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I confess that I've never considered navels as being anything worth seeking out. Not juicy or sweet. Valencias, on the other hand...


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Kathy's Pete wrote:
I confess that I've never considered navels as being anything worth seeking out. Not juicy or sweet. Valencias, on the other hand...


Just the opposite here - I consider Valencias bland. I've gotten delicious, sweet, juicy navels for years from CA.

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Well, orange season in CA ended 5 months ago.

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We get a lot of SA oranges; we find them too astrigent and seedy. I was brought up on California oranges and Florida so my standards are high. Some South American varieties are worthwhile but I can't offer specific examples.


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wino wrote:
We get a lot of SA oranges; we find them too astrigent and seedy. I was brought up on California oranges and Florida so my standards are high. Some South American varieties are worthwhile but I can't offer specific examples.


Thanks, wino, that's just the information I needed.

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It appears that the same cultivar of "Washington Navel" is grown California, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, South Africa, Australia and Japan. I would presume that they are all seedless, or nearly so with the flavor varying only by growing location.

Since fruit can taste different when growing location are only miles apart, I don’t think I would dismiss all of the fruit of a country, a continent, or a hemisphere without a whole bunch of taste tests.

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jim262 wrote:
It appears that the same cultivar of "Washington Navel" is grown California, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, South Africa, Australia and Japan. I would presume that they are all seedless, or nearly so with the flavor varying only by growing location.

Since fruit can taste different when growing location are only miles apart, I don’t think I would dismiss all of the fruit of a country, a continent, or a hemisphere without a whole bunch of taste tests.


Good point. Although there is very little info on the net about these navels, I've read a few good reviews. I'm going to buy a bag and check them out. Hopefully, they'll be up to par. If they suck, I'll return them to the store. Will keep you posted!

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