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O – ORANGES

• One orange tree can grow to reach 30 feet and live for over a hundred

years.

• Contrary to what most of us think, this fruit was not named for its color - the color was named after the fruit.

• The word orange comes from a translation of the Sanskrit “naranga”

which means “fragrant.”

• Oranges are the largest citrus crop in the world.

• Oranges and orange blossoms are a symbol of love.

• One orange supplies a full day’s Vitamin C requirement.

• Christopher Columbus brought the first orange seeds and seedlings to the New World on his second voyage in 1493.