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little orange attached to the bottom of the fruit. Scientists believe that it is a twin fruit growing inside of the main fruit as a result of a mutation process. Orange historian Vince Moses explains that all of the Navel oranges we see and eat today are genetically identical to that original orange from Brazil. “That’s right. The produce aisle is filled with clones of that one mutation from Bahia, Brazil.” It is quite interesting how the Navel tree made its way to California. In 1873 William Saunders, a botanist, selected the Tibbets family, who were his neighbors According to historians, there in Bahia, Brazil and moved to was a monastery in Bahia, Riverside California, to test grow Brazil that was growing a his new orange trees in United unique orange tree. That States. The family planted two orange tree produced very trees in their back yard and was strange fruit. It was an orange successful at growing and with no seeds and had another nurturing them. Later, they
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introduced their oranges in citrus fair in Riverside and won an award. Their oranges were declared “the most spectacular citrus fruit anyone had ever seen or tasted,” Moses adds. In fact, one of the two Tibbets Navel trees is still standing and producing fruit today.
Tangerosa Ingredients: 8 ounces fresh squeezed tangerine juice 1 (750 ml) bottle dry champagne 2 ounces Triple Sec orange rind, curls (to garnish) Directions: Chill 4 champagne flutes in freezer Pour 2 ounces of fresh tangerine juice Fill almost to rim with champagne Top each glass with a splash of Triple Sec and garnish with orange curls