[[Image:Orange.jpg|left|thumb|An orange]][[Image:Orange_blossom.jpg|right|thumb|Oranges on a tree]]<small>'''This page is about the Orange''' is a non-primary (fruit)''' For the orange '''(color. It is made by combining )''' see'' [[red]] and [[yellowOrange (color)]].</small>
An '''Orangeorange''' is also a an edible citrus [[fruit ]] that grows on trees, is juicy, and high in [[vitamin C]]. Juice from the orange is also a popular drink, usually and is often served with [[breakfast]]. Oranges were first introduced to [[Florida]], where orange trees frequently dot the landscape, by Spanish explorer [[Juan Ponce de Leon]] in the 16th century. Oranges were also are grown in great swathes across [[California]] however due , particularly in [[Orange County, California|Orange county]]. Oranges are also grown in large numbers in the Central Valley area of California. According to changing demographicsthe [[USDA]], much in 2010, 93 million 40 pound cartons of Navel Oranges were produced in California, with an average of 418 oranges per tree.<ref>http://m.westernfarmpress.com/node/31151</ref> Today, the largest producers of oranges are [[Brazil]] and the United States, with [[Florida]], [[California|Californias]] , and [[Texas]] <ref>http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/Publications/Crop_Reports/General_Crops/tcrop_value.htm</ref> as the highest orange groves have dissapearedproducing states.<ref>http://www.spectrumcommodities.com/education/commodity/oj.html</ref> The [[orange blossom]] is the [[state flower]] of [[Florida]].<ref>http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/statetreeflower.html</ref>
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