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Default Cara Cara Oranges


"hw" > wrote in message
ink.net...
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> "King's Crown" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
>> Anyone every heard of them? I bought them on a whim at the grocery
>> store, because there was a sign next to the grocer's picture saying,
>> "You're going to love these. I guarantee it." I thought if I don't like
>> them I'll return the rest. They were SO good. They were seedless and
>> the flesh was on the reddish orange side. So sweet. Normally, I split
>> an orange between the kids for breakfast, but we each wanted a whole one
>> of our own.
>>
>> Lynne
>>

> They've been around for about 4-5 years here in SoCal....Ralph's (div of
> Kroger) was the first chain to sell them. Cara Cara is a blend of orange
> & grapefruit from Texas. Very large & juicy.
>
> Harriet & critters


I hate to be argumentative, but this information isn't correct. Cara Cara
navels are all orange, no grapefruit and were first discovered in Venezuela
(at Hacienda Cara Cara), not Texas. From there they were brought to Florida,
then California. The color is similar to that of red grapefruit, but that
isn't because there's any grapefruit in them.

kimberly