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Florida Fruit Shippers®
PO Box 530456
St. Petersburg, FL 33747
1-800-715-8279
Summer Hours: M-W 8-5 EST
Fax: 800-847-8936
Phone/Fax: 727-341-2001
eMail: ffs@orangesonline.com
Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges
| FastFacts | |
|---|---|
| Availability | Nov 17 to Dec 15 |
| Status | Avail. Next Season |
| Shipped to | US* (excluding AZ, CA, LA, TX) & Canada** |
| *excluding AK, HI **excluding T, V, X, Y codes | |
When you combine the classic flavor of a Florida Navel Orange with a brilliant shade of red, you get the perfect holiday orange: Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges. Evoking fall colors and Florida sunsets, Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges are red Navel Oranges that make a wonderful gift for this festive time of year. Be sure to order this fruit early; our final shipment of Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges will be December 15th.
Like the more familiar Golden Navels, Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges are seedless, thin-skinned and easy to peel and section.
The Florida Scarlet Navel Orange is great for hand eating as well as fresh ruby orange juice. When used for juice they should be fresh-squeezed right before drinking for the best flavor and highest Vitamin C content.
Availability
Our Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges are available November to mid-December.
History
Florida red Navel Oranges are a "sport," or accidental variety, discovered in 1976 in Venezuela. Called the Cara Cara Navel after the Hacienda on which they were found, the first red Navel oranges
were brought to Florida soon after and became available as a specialty fruit in the 1980s. Similar to blood oranges, the red color is a result of an increased amount of lycopene, a carotenoid that appears naturally in the fruit and is in the same family as beta-carotene.
Through a process of grafting branches bearing red Navel Oranges onto suitable root stock, growers developed orange trees that produce these colorful Florida Scarlet Navel Oranges.
Nutritional Information
One whole scarlet navel orange, about 3" in diameter, contains:
- 1 g protein
- 11.6 g carbohydrates
- 2.4 g dietary fiber
- 65 mg calcium
- 283 mg potassium
- 26 mg phosphorus
- 340 IU vitamin A
- 105 mg vitamin C
- 86% water.
Florida Fruit Shippers® is a registered trademark of Vegetable Kingdom Inc.