Sweet orange:
Sweet orange series include: sugar orange, red navel orange, Sunkist orange, summer orange and so on.
Trees have branches with little or no thorns. Leaves are usually slightly smaller than pomelo leaves, wing leaves are long and narrow, with obvious or only traces, and the leaves are oval or oval, rarely lanceolate, 6- 10 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, or larger.
The flowers are white, rarely reddish purple on the back, and there are a few flowers in the raceme, or two axillary single flowers; Calyx 5-3-lobed, petal length 1.2- 1.5 cm; 20-25 stamens; The style is stout and the stigma is enlarged. The fruit is round, oblate or oval, orange-yellow to orange-red, the peel is difficult or easy to peel, the gourd ladle has 9- 12 petals, it is verified or semi-full, the flesh is yellowish, orange-red or purple-red, and it tastes sweet or slightly sour; There are few or no seeds, the seed coat is slightly ribbed, the cotyledons are milky white and multi-embryo. Flowering period is from March to May, and fruiting period is 10- 12. Late-maturing varieties will arrive in February-April of the following year.
Blood orange:
Blood oranges include: Tulloch, Rose Blood Orange, Ruby Blood Orange, etc.
Both pulp and juice are purplish red or dark red. The pulp is tender and juicy with unique flavor, and the Mediterranean region is its origin and main producing area.
Blood orange is a variety of oranges, but it is generally smaller than oranges, mainly because of anthocyanins, and the pulp and juice are red. Blood orange peel is smooth, smaller than ordinary oranges, usually with small pits and red color; Because there are anthocyanins in blood orange, the pulp is red. Blood orange originated in Europe and is now cultivated in Spain, North America and Italy. The main planting areas in China are Chongqing, Jiangxi, Hunan and Zhejiang.
Red and orange:
Red oranges are mainly produced in Lianjiang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Lianjiang tangerine has large fruit (single fruit weight is about 1.50g), good fruit shape, red flesh color, tender and smooth juice, sweet and sour taste, and is very popular. Therefore, Lianjiang was listed as the fruit of state banquet, and Lianjiang was named as "the hometown of red oranges in China".
1984 In the spring, Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone visited China. After tasting it, the Prime Minister even claimed that it was very good and asked to take some back. The state sent a special plane to Zhanjiang to bring 10 box of Lianjiang tangerine to Nakasone. US President Ronald Reagan visited China, and the national leaders still hosted Lianjiang Red Orange, which was also well received. 1976 began to sell well in Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries and regions, and it was very popular, among which 14450 tons was exported 1985. Lianjiang red orange is divided into "Hongjiang orange" and "Lianjiang red".
Navel orange:
Navel orange series include Gannan navel orange, Xinfeng navel orange, Xunwu navel orange and fuchuan navel orange.
(CitrussinensisOsbeck): Gannan navel orange is a variety of navel orange. The fruit is bigger than ordinary oranges, generally seedless, parthenocarpic and easier to peel. So navel orange is more suitable for fresh food. The main feature is that there is a cone-shaped subsidiary fruit in the fruit, which is characterized by an umbilical cord at the top of the fruit, that is, an underdeveloped small fruit is embedded in the top of the fruit. Seedless, crisp and tender, sweet and slightly sour.
Sugar orange:
Sugar orange, also known as sugar orange, originated in Qianyang County (now hongjiang city), Huaihua, Hunan Province. Sugar orange is an excellent variety of Hunan Qianyang red sweet orange. It is another name of Qianyang high-quality sugar orange variety, and it is a symbolic product of chinese national geography. Qianyang County (now hongjiang city) and Mayang County in Huaihua area have excellent agricultural production conditions. Citrus enjoyed a high reputation in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Sugar oranges are popular in the market because of their excellent varieties, strong and sweet taste, thin skin and crisp meat. It is a variety of local common sweet orange, widely cultivated in Hunan, and also cultivated in Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangdong.
Skinning skills:
1, the most convenient, quick and commonly used method: cut from the middle with a knife, the big one cuts six petals, and the small one cuts four petals. Then each flap separates the skin from one end.
2. Open an ordinary small iron spoon for eating at ordinary times, make a circle at one end of the orange, fasten the spoon (that is, the convex side is up) and put it in through the open small mouth, and apply a little force downward along the arc of the orange. Finally, pull out the spoon and repeat the above actions until the whole orange peel is separated from the meat, which is easy to peel and will not hurt the pulp.
You can bake oranges on the radiator for a while in winter. It's best to peel them off when they are hot.