According to Wiki:
- The navel orange was developed from a mutation in 1820, at a Brazilian monastery.
- The result of that mutation was a seedless orange with a second orange encompassed within the peel as well.
- The second, “conjoined” twin” of an orange develops at the base of the first fruit, with its own set of sections.
- The orange twin leaves the “navel” on the bottom outside of the fruit.
- Navel oranges, because they are seedless, can only be reproduced by cutting and grafting. Additional mutations can occur in the fruit, but our navel oranges today are essentially the same as on that Brazilian monastery tree back in 1820.
Oranges are delicious and nutritious, but don’t eat too many, or you’ll ruin your teeth. And the Oompa Loompas will come out and sing. Although, would they have room to talk, since they are orange, too?
4 comments:
i heart oranges!
and that navel thing is nuttiness!
crazy mutations.
What about orange juice and teeth?
I love oranges, but whenever I eat them, I get a cold. Explain.
Fascinating!
And the Cara Cara is another mutation, it is a navel orange with pinker flesh.
i always wondered about that little orange inside navel oranges. is it okay to eat it, do you think, or is that like eating veal or baby seal?
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