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| Author: | merstar [ Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | BeckyH [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | merstar [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
Unfortunately, I can only buy them in a 3 lb bag. |
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| Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | merstar [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
Merstar, Well, orange season in CA ended 5 months ago. |
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| Author: | wino [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | merstar [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | jim262 [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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| Author: | merstar [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has anyone tried navel oranges from South Africa? |
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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