- 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 orange.
- The word orange comes from a transliteration 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 days Vitamin C requirement.
- Christopher Columbus brought the first orange seeds and seedlings to the New World on his second voyage in 1493.