Genetic Origin of Cultivated Citrus Determined: ...Evidence of Origins of Orange, Lime, et al

www.sciencedaily.com ^ | 01-26-2011 | Staff

[Domestic Church]

Someone was smart enough to collect the seeds from the sweeter fruit.

[SunkenCiv]

offspring of Donald Duck and a blowfish.

[SunkenCiv]

That is interesting, glad you noticed it, I didn’t.

[JoeProBono]

[central_va]

Probably direct stamen to pistil cross pollination......

Lets keep this thread 'G' Rated. please.

[ApplegateRanch]

Not much escapades my notice, even if I do manage-a-trois to manglewurzel half of it.

[happygrl]

fainting goats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyReSMJw5MI

[truth_seeker]

So do oranges come from Orange County California, Orange County Florida, Orange County New Jersey?

Why no Lemon Counties, Grapefruit Counties, Nectarine Counties, etc?

Etc?

I thought the article was going to tell where these plants originated, who modified them and when, how they migrated/spread to current locations.

For example are citrus fruits native to Israel, California, China, Mexico etc?

[Red Badger]

They are native to SE Asia.

You left out Orange County New York.......

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[TruthConquers]

“So do oranges come from Orange County, California,...”

Not any more, the remaining orange groves were cut down at least twenty years ago.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Orange County, NY is named after William of Orange, King William III of England (husband of Queen Mary Stuart of England).