On 1/29/2016 2:53 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 1/29/2016 11:47 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
Follow-up to "Six Oranges".

Saved for ritual tasting by visiting family. One reported "acidic". Why?!
I water & feed them regularly; they get plenty of sun; good soil. My heart is broken. Any thoughts?

HB


Do you know the variety? Some oranges are naturally sour (e.g.,
'Seville' oranges). Also, orange trees grown from seed often do not
reflect the quality of the fruit from their parents.


It is entirely possible that the report of "acidic" was tied to the taster,
not the orange. I cannot give my elderly mother oranges because they are
all are sour and burn her throat but they are just normal oranges to me. If
multiple tasters had reported the same thing then I'd have more confidence
that it might be the orange.