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Post by blueadzuki on Jan 13, 2017 15:31:06 GMT -5
I really like the new pink oranges. I think there is only one kind, so no variety name needed. It would be really clever if someone bred them with lemons to then have pink lemons for pink lemonade.  Actually there are two. The one you are probably thinking of is the Cara Cara which is about navel orange sized. But there is also the Mango Orange which is somewhat smaller. And THAT does not taste anything like a Cara Cara, or anything else really. Like the Jamaican and Palestinian sweet lemon, it has had all acid production bred out of it, so the result in a flat vagely rasberryish sweetness (if you ever want to tell which you have look at the pith (the stuff between the rind and the fruit) Cara Cara's have white pith I think, mangoes have pink (actually the flesh itself is normal orange color (which you see if you ever juice one) but the pink pith and integuments make it look pink). And there actually already IS a pink fleshed lemon. Some variegated lemons (the kind with striped leaves and fruit) are pink fleshed. |
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Post by khoomeizhi on Jan 13, 2017 17:55:15 GMT -5
And what about nurseries that sell plants by the species only (just "black currant") if they grow them from seed maybe they can't get any more accurate... i'd agree that selling named varieties that way seems nuts, but i haven't actually seen that yet. i'm sure it's only a matter of time. re: id'ing yukons. i'm sure there's a photo that could help illustrate, but they've got pink eyes and are generally rounder and less elongated than, say, most russets. |
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Post by steev on Jan 13, 2017 21:31:01 GMT -5
Cali doesn't do the green-pick thing; it's cold enough as the fruit matures that the chlorophyll dies a natural death; I think it was/is done to a lot of oranges from warmer-winter places, like Florida; I'm not sure I ever saw many orange oranges in Central America; they were tasty enough, though it did take me a while to get used to their appearance.
Blood oranges can be great; I forget which is my favorite variety, but it tastes of raspberry and orange.
I think your "pink" oranges might be "Cara Cara"; if I have that right, I agree they are choice.
There ARE pink-fleshed lemons, which have variegated green-and-yellow (and white?) leaves; the juice isn't as acid as common lemons.
re: "General Ignorance"; no, I hadn't caught blueadzuki's post; duh.
Since I'm editing, I'll note that when I build the greenhouse: big enough for cacao, banana, and papaya trees (not to forget the heated pool for the albino alligator, to be named Blanca/Blanco, depending, though Chela/Chele would also work {a little Salvadoran reference; Hola, Guanacos!}), I will have excellent citrus on the farm; Meyer lemons are obligatory; I don't like ceviche enough to make it with any other lemon; Bearss limes or key limes are acceptable. This is important because global climate change seems to be reducing the incidence of "valley fog", aka "ground-effect fog" in the Great Central Valley of Cali, which is where that Cali citrus comes from; that fog is vital to preventing winter temps from dropping low enough to chill the fruit to the point of causing the dread desiccated innerds sometimes (regrettably) seen in oranges from Cali, which should always be sweet, juicy, and delicious. Those of you in the fly-over and Eastern states: really, we want your Xmas oranges to be superb! It's no less than we want for ourselves.
Bear in mind that that heated pool is no mere frippery; it serves as humidification/heat ballast for the greenhouse; the albino alligator is frippery, but cool, in a warmish sort of way; if I can't score one, I'll still have a heated pool in a green-house jungle of tropical fruit-trees; that's some consolation.
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Post by steev on Apr 21, 2017 2:51:05 GMT -5
I am reminded of the greenhouse in Golden Gate Park, SF; the penultimate time I went there, the indoor pool was largely surrounded by Split-Leaf Philodendrons in green fruit; when I thought they might be ripe, I went back, hoping a bit of finger-blight would score me an otherwise unavailable fruit; they'd all been ripped out! Damn, damn, damn! I have no idea why that was done, nor what benefit came from it.
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