(Navelina orange) has medium to large fruit size and often displays a tendency to variable fruit shape ranging from round to elongated oval appearance. Fruit shape is more oval than Washington navel, often with a distinctive tapered navel end. Rind color is deep orange early in the season. Smoother rind texture than Washington navel. Good internal flavor Medium to high juice content (>35%). Internal maturity is up to four weeks earlier than Washington navel.

It is early maturing, and like most citrus varieties of early ripening, and reaches appropriate levels of sugars when the bark is still green, when we market it. However, in our packinghouses de-greening treatments of ethylene and high temperature for 48-72 hours, we accustomed every season with a professional procedure turn every greeny to its origin color …