Orange varieties / Seasons

Orange varieties / Seasons

Natural oranges of first quality, and from our own harvest

The oranges we offer are totally natural, and they do not have any kind of ripening process treatment, and neither they contain any materials to make the oranges shine or embellish them. Our oranges have the full taste that they really have when ripenned naturally in the trees.
 
Our oranges are subdivided in 3 types: Navel, Whites, and Bloodies.
 
We offer different types of Oranges and even mandarines, all of them cultiated in our farm. The varieties are as follow:
 

Navelinas Oranges

It is a high quality variety, ideal to consume fresh, either for juices or for table.
 
The navelina kind is cultivated early in the harvest year ( November - December), and is one of the most cultivated type due its quality, big productivity..
 
types (already translated)
 
 

Orogrande Mandarines

This mandarines are like Clemetina kind, the Oro type has a very sweet taste, producing a high quantity of juice, and are so easy to peel and eat you would not believe it.
 
Is because of their high quality and ease to be peeled that they have become so popular. Their skin is specially smooth, and with their medium size and appealing colour, they result in a very pleasant fruit to the palate.
 
It is cultivated from the end of October onwards.
 
 

Clemenvilla Mandarines

The very tasty Clemenvilla mandarine is an hybrid of huge fruits, a product from crossing Clementina Fina and Tangelo ( citric which at the same times is a crossing from Mandarine and Grapefruit)
 
It has a crust slightly rough and orange redish which makes it very attractive. The fruits are flattened in its poles, their neck is hort and their stem is small.
 
The pulp is very juicy and full of sugars and organic acids that give them an incredible taste and a high quality.
 
We can ejoy them from November.
 
 

Harvest season and sale season

Our oranges and mandarines sale season is limited because we do not store them in cold stores, they can only be sold during the production months:
 
Footnote: The beginning and end of season can be behind or ahead depending on the climate. Because it is a product harvested right when ordered, and also dependent of rain seasons and temperatures, the orange season can suffer variations.
 
  • Navelinas Oranges: from the end of November, December and January.
  • Navel-lane-late Oranges: February, March, April and beginning of May.
  • Valencia-late Oranges: April, May and June
  • Oro grande Mandarines: October, November and December.
  • Clemenvilla Mandarines: from November .
 

Other varieties

There are numerous varieties of oranges around the world, although in Spain, and specufically in Valencia, the following types of oranges (all of them coming from the Naranjo Dulce ( Citrus sinensis ) can be found:
 
 
 Navel Group
Navel Lane Late
Navelina
Washington Navel
Thomson
Newhall
Navelate
Ricalate
      
 Blancas Group
Valencia Late
Comuna
Cadenera
Salustiana
Castellana
Berna
 
Blood Group
Doble Fina
Entrefina
Sanguinelli