Cara Cara
Known by its distinctive and pretty pink interior.
Did you know?
- Cara is Italian for ‘beloved’
- The Cara Cara originated from South America.
- Believed to be a cross between the Washington navel and the Brazilian Bahia navel.
- First discovered in 1976 at Hacienda Cara Cara in Venezuela.
- Sweet taste with a relatively low acid content and virtually seedless.
- Harvested May to June
Juicing oranges
We deliver oranges bursting with juice and flavour – perfect for a refreshing, freshly-squeezed drink.
Valencias
- The most widely planted variety of orange worldwide.
- Valencia oranges are small to medium sized
- Thin skin, sweet and delicate texture, with few seeds.
- Heavy with juice – the ultimate juicing orange.
- Taste is the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
- First discovered on the Azores Islands of Portugal.
- The most widely planted variety of orange worldwide.
- Harvested August to October
Midknights
- First noticed at Addo in the Cape Province of South Africa in 1927.
- In South Africa the Midknight produces fruit of excellent size good round shape and very smooth rind texture.
- Exceptionally high juice percentage.
- Virtually seedless
- Thick skin, a bit harder to peel.
- Harvested August to September
Navels
One of the most popular eating orange and dessert fruits, bursting with sun-ripened flavour.
Features
- Distinctive feature of having a small secondary fruit embedded in the apex of the primary fruit.
- Seedless and fairly easy to peel
- Sweet and juicy
- Harvested April to August
Did you know?
- The navel orange was discovered in 1820 in Bahia, Brazil, when a mutation occurred in a grove of sweet orange trees but is believed to have grown in Spain and Portugal for many years prior to this.
