On 5 Apr 2016 18:23:12 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>For the last few yrs, I've found most oranges to be both unripe and
>bitter. Calif Cuties are particularly offensive, in this regard.
>This also includes Sunkist navel oranges, my fave reliable brand fer
>almost ever. Several yrs ago, I began finding Sunkist navel oranges
>which were NOT sweet and they were NOT ripe. Drought? Greed?
>
>Last week, I came across a sale on organic oranges ($1.49lb). To my
>amazement, the were all Sunkist brand. I bought a couple and took 'em
>home. YUM! Sweet, juicy, easily peeled .....in short, perfect. Like
>the Sunkist oranges of yore. I went back and bought a doz more and I
>jes finished my 8th Sunkist organic orange. So juicy, hard to eat w/o
>squirting on you. So sweet, like eating dessert.
>
>I'm not saying this cuz they're organic, but that can't be a negative.
>I'm saying, if you run across some Sunkist oranges --orgo or no-- give
>'em a try. Someone, somewhere, is doing something right. A good
>year? Must not be from CA! These are the best oranges I've run
>across in decades. Seriously.

Sad to say, I've given up on oranges

It's practically impossible to get decent oranges here now.
So ironic, when only a few hundred miles away were once countless
acres of beautifully grown fresh oranges... all gone now. All we get
now is stale old oranges imported from South America.

About a year ago I chanced upon some good oranges, and what a
revelation they were in terms of flavour, smell and texture! It is
only once you've had some good oranges again that you realise just how
awful the rest of them really are.