Description
xValencia Orange: Get Tons of Delicious Juice From Home
If you've ever poured a glass of orange juice, you've tasted a Valencia. This is the late-season standard that the juice industry was built around — and growing your own means picking it sun-warmed off the branch instead of off a shelf. Valencias ripen long after most oranges are gone, holding their crop right through spring and into summer, so a single tree stretches your citrus season for months. The fruit is deeply sweet with a bright, balanced tang, almost seedless, and so packed with juice that the thin, leathery rind practically struggles to contain it.
Why You'll Love the Valencia Orange
- The juice orange, by definition. No other variety delivers Valencia's volume of sweet, richly colored juice — this is the fruit the orange-juice standard is measured against.
- A harvest that arrives late and lingers. Fruit ripens spring into summer and holds firmly on the tree for months, so you pick at your pace instead of racing the calendar.
- Few seeds, easy eating. Valencias run nearly seedless, making them as pleasant to peel and segment as they are to squeeze.
- Two crops on one tree. A mature Valencia often carries ripening fruit and next season's blossoms at the same time — a striking, productive sight.
- Fragrant, evergreen, and ornamental. Glossy foliage and clouds of white, honey-scented blossoms make it a centerpiece long before the first orange colors up.
One quirk gives the Valencia character: as warm weather returns, ripe fruit can flush faintly green again at the stem — a harmless cosmetic effect called regreening that has nothing to do with sweetness inside. Grown in the ground in warm regions or in a container that summers outdoors and overwinters in, the Valencia rewards a sunny spot with years of the freshest juice you'll ever pour.
Please note: This tree ships in a citra pot—a tall, narrow container that promotes vertical root growth and prevents root circling.
Shipping & Return
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SHIPPING:
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SALES TAX:
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WARRANTY / RETURNS:
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