Cara Cara oranges are my current citrus favorite. Better than Valencias or Washington Navels. Kind of a cross between an orange and tangerine. I think I ate most of the fruit our small tree produced this year.
Not quite a Cara Cara orange (which comes from South America), Abbot Kinney, who spent his first night in southern California sleeping on the pool table of the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel, was known throughout the state for the blood oranges grown at his Kinneloa Ranch.
I like blood oranges. Not so much the name. Dunno which is my fav citrus but have you tried the rare Mango orange?
Mango orange sounds good, but I'd be concerned about the seed. Noone really likes the blood orange name, but it makes a good headline. About the name — I read that when they were first introduced out in Riverside County, they called these “citrus tomatoes”.
Are there any still grown locally? I love them, blood and all.
You know, outside of backyards, I don't know whether blood oranges are still grown around here. That's a good question. I wonder if they sell them at the farmers' market.
I was very excited to see blood oranges at the Farmer's Market so I bought lots – and you're right, they're very sweet and delicious.
The AK connection. That have been before the whole citrus industry took off. Interesting
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Wow, I'm glad that your crops was really cool, you had a beautiful garden and a lots of vegetables and fruits 🙂 I love oranges too.
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