Oranges weren’t named for their color ... use of the word ‘orange’ to describe a cross between red and yellow wasn’t recorded until three hundred years after the fruit appeared in Europe.

Southern CALIFORNIA has the perfect climate for growing unusual citrus. Some of the more interesting include fruited blood oranges, fragrant-leaved kaffir limes and the surprisingly enormous ...

Oranges are typically more yellow-orange, except for the blood orange, which has a dark red color. Although tangerines are similar in color to most orange varieties, they are typically more ...

Hamlin oranges are round and smooth-skinned with a dark yellow to dull orange color. The peel is thin. You will find the most juice in midsize fruit -- about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

As for me, I had never thought about why those mesh bags are used. I'd always seen oranges in orange mesh bags, lemons in yellow mesh bags and limes in green mesh bags, so it just made sense.

Other citrus fruits are also harvested when fully ripe. Kumquats generally ripen from October through November. Lemons are harvested when they turn bright yellow, generally in late October or ...