آموزش زبان انگلیسی
همه چیز درباره زبان(گرامر-نمونه سوال-داستان انگلیسی...)آموزش زبان انگلیسی
همه چیز درباره زبان(گرامر-نمونه سوال-داستان انگلیسی...)Oranges
Citrus sinenis
Family: Rutaceae
Clementine, Mandarin, Tangerine,
Satsuma
Citrus
reticulata,
Family:
Rutaceae
Description
& storage
Orange: Round thick skinned juicy edible fruit that is a reddish-yellow
color when ripe.
Mandarin types: type of small orange with loose skin.
Store them at 12 degrees Celcius (=57o F) or if you like in the refrigerator. This is nice when you use them for squeezing.
Tree
Orange trees are evergreen trees. They grow 8
to 15 m. high.
The mandarin tree grows up to 7,5 m. high.
The kumquat plant is a shrub that grows up to 4m. high.
Sweety: see grapefruits.
Short history
The orange is cultivated over
thousands of years now. It is supposed to originate from South- and
indo-China.
The clergyman Pierre Clement crossed
a mandarin and an orange and this luckily crossing
was a seedless mandarin with a looser skin
thus easier to peel: the clementine. (beginning of the 20th
century).
The satsuma is a special crossing from Japan.
Use
Oranges are eaten by hand and squeezed a
lot.
Mandarins are eaten by hand and can be used to squeeze as well. A great sweetner for grapefruit juice.
Kumquats are eaten raw withe the edible skin,
Types and family
Clementines: the
clementine is a seedless mandarin.
Kumquats: the kumquat is like a citrus
fruit and has an edible skin. It is the most well known of the sort
fortunella which is closely related to Citrus.
Mandarins: type of small orange with
loose skin. The mandarin got its name because it was exploited by high-ranking
government officials in China (mandarins).
Minneolas: are a
crossing between a tangerine and a grapefruit and can be recognized
by
"the little nose". Can be peeled manually. Is a type
of Tangelo, a minneola is a specifically marketed tangelo.
Oranges:
There are different types of oranges: navel oranges, Valencia oranges and blood
oranges are the most cultivated races.
Tangelos: a
tangelo is a crossing between a tangerine, a grapefruit and an orange. A
specific kind of tangelo is the Ugli which is described further on this
page.
Satsuma:is a
very special seedling from Japan. Its skin is a bit tighter than the clementine
and it doesn't have seeds as well.
Tangerines: a
tangerine is an orange-red mandarin with a particular citrus taste. Can be
peeled manually.
Uglis: a specific kind of tangelo, easier to
peel. A crossing between a tangerine, a grapefruit and an orange. Looks really
ugli and sometimes has brown spots. Can be peeled
manually.
Other peculiar characteristics
-The calcium in fortified orange juice is better absorbed than the calcium in milk. A glass of milk (8 ounces) has 291 mg of calcium; of which 93 mg is absorbed (31%). Fortified orange juice (8 ounces) has 350 mg of calcium; of which 130 mg. is absorbed (37%).
-One orange contains about 50 mg. vitamin C; this is about 2/3 of our daily need;
-Oranges are an acid and therefore a detoxifying fruit;
-Bitteroranges can't be eaten raw and are used to make marmalades;
-Citrus fruit is never colored artificially.
-The orange colors orange under the influence of cold temperatures. In the tropics the fruit keeps a green to green with yellow stains color.
