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yuzuquat
Citruholic
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Joined: 01 Sep 2013
Posts: 114
Location: manchester, england

Posted: Sat 01 Feb, 2014 1:20 pm

Does anyone have any information on the spanish navel variety brownie.

Fruits currently on season in UK. Skin a mixture of green and orange, giving overall appearance of being brown. No external navel but large internally.

Fruit as advertised very sweet. Good balance of acids so not insipid.

Fruits have been seedless so far.

Also in season moro blood oranges fron Sicily, disappointed with colour and flavour this year. Again seedless so far.
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pagnr
Citrus Guru
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Joined: 23 Aug 2008
Posts: 407
Location: Australia

Posted: Sat 01 Feb, 2014 6:22 pm

A brown navel orange came to attention in Australia recently
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Any chance the fruit is coming from Australia ?
ie marketed as a brown Navalina(Spanish), rather than oranges from Spain(Spanish) ?
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yuzuquat
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Joined: 01 Sep 2013
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Location: manchester, england

Posted: Sat 01 Feb, 2014 6:29 pm

Fruit currently being marketed in nets by Asda.

Label gives vatiety name as brownie, type navel, country of origin spain.

Found nothing about the variety on the internet.
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yuzuquat
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Location: manchester, england

Posted: Sat 01 Feb, 2014 6:36 pm

The australian brown navel looks identical fruit to spanish brownie.

Fruiting season june-july in australia would match january in spain.

Both described as exceptionally sweet.

This is second years Asda has had them so must be saleable.
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