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Orders received by Midnight EST Friday shipped following Wednesday. After deadline shipped Wednesday plus one week.
Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma & Texas
No further shipments to these states are scheduled this season.
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Florida Fruit Shippers®
PO Box 530456
St. Petersburg, FL 33747
1-800-715-8279
Fax: 800-847-8936
Phone/Fax: 727-341-2001
eMail: ffs@orangesonline.com
Sweet Ortanique Oranges
| FastFacts | |
|---|---|
| Availability | Feb 2 to Apr 1 |
| Status | Now Shipping |
| Shipped to | US* (excluding AZ, CA, LA, TX) & Canada** |
| *excluding AK, HI **excluding T, V, X, Y codes | |
Jan 25, 2010 - As a result of freeze damage we will be substituting Temple Oranges to fill all Ortanique orders.
Part tangerine, part orange and uniquely delicious, Sweet Ortanique Oranges are a must try. Sweet Ortanique Oranges have a bright orange color, rich, sweet flavor and are easy to peel and section. If you like Temple Oranges or Tangelos you will enjoy our Florida Sweet Ortanique Oranges.
Availability
Our Sweet Ortanique Oranges are available February only.
History
The Sweet Ortanique Orange is a spontaneous hybrid of mandarin and sweet orange. In 1920 C. P. Jackson, of Mandeville, Jamaica, purchased some seedlings at an agricultural show. The seedlings had been grown by a man who found the unusual fruit at the Christiana market. Jackson planted 130 seeds and subsequently selected the best seedlings that bore fruit most like the parent with the least seeds. He named the fruit Ortanique, a combination of "orange," "tangerine" and "unique."
Ortanique seedlings were brought into the US in the mid-1940s and became increasingly popular, especially in export markets. Initially planted most widely in California, the number of Florida plantings gradually increased and we now harvest Sweet Ortanique Oranges every February.
Other well-known mandarin/orange hybrids, cousins of Ortaniques, are Temple Oranges and Honey Tangerines.
Nutritional Information
One Sweet Tangelee Orange, about 2 1/2" in diameter, contains:
- 65 calories
- 16 g carbohydrates
- 54 mg calcium
- 283 mg potassium
- 26 mg phosphorus
- 260 IU vitamin A
- 66 mg vitamin C
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