C a p it o lu l II

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p en tr u p r o b a orali
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A . Tex te

N o b o dy k n o w s e x a c tly w h e r e t h e o r a n g e o r ig in a t e d . Th o u h
g
it is to d a y in m o st o f th e w a r m er
p a r ts o f t h e
g ro w n w o r ld
, it
w as n o t u n t il r e c e n tly th a t th e c ro p b eca m e so w id e s
p re a d .

m e G re e k s an d R o m a n s k n ew a b o u t th e o ra n
g e , a n d it
p ro b a b ly w a s c a r r ie d fro m In d ia t o w e s te r n A s ia a n d th e n to a ll

o f E u ro p e . The S p a n is h c o lo n is ts to o k th e s o u r o r a n
g e to t h e W e st

In d ie s , a n d fr o m th e r e to F lo r i da so o n a K e r t h e {ir s t s e tt le m
en t

th e r e in 15 6 5 .

m e th r e e m o s t im r
p o t a n t s p e c ie s o f o r a n ge s a r e t h e sw e e t
o r co m m o n o ra n e th e m a n d a r in o ra n d th e s o u r
g g e o ra n
, , a n
ge .

Bu t as m a n
y
a s n in e t -
se v e n v a r ie t ie s o f s w eet a n d
y m a n d a r in
o ra n
g e s a lo n e h a v e b e e n c o u n te d !

A n i n t e r e s t in t
g y p e o f sw e e t o r a n
ge is c a lle d th e b lo o d
o ra n
w . It h as a
p u lp w it h a d e e p
-

r e d t in t It is g r o w n e x t e n s iv e ly
.

in th e M e d it e r r a n e a n re
g io n .

Th e m a n d a r in o ra n h ic h
g e s, w i n c lu d e t h e ta n
g e r in e s , a r e

gro w n m o s tl
y in F lo r id a T he T em h ic h
p le i s a lo o s e
.
, w
, th in -

s k in n e d o r a n is y b r id o f t h e m
e a h
g ,
a n d a r in a n d t h e s w
e e t o ra n e
g .

m e so u r o ra n
g e is r
g o w n to so m e e x te n t e v e r
y w h e re bu t ,
S p a in p ro d u c e s m o s t o f th e s o u r o r
a n
g e s u se d fo r c o m m e r c ia l
P u rp o se s . The c h ie f u s e o f t h is o r
a n
ge i s in m a k in
g m a rm a la d e ,
s in c e it is t o o a c id a n d b it t e r t o b e e a te n a s a f r u it . B u t th e r e
a re m a n o t h e r in t e r e s
y t in
g in
g u se s, r a n fr o m
g m e d ic in e s to
p e rfu m e !

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