Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1886 — How to Tell a Good Orange. [ARTICLE]

How to Tell a Good Orange.

The very sweetest and richest orange is the black or rusfy-coated fruit. Pick out the dingiest oranges in the box, and you will get tne best. Another way to choose oranges is by weight. The heaviest are the best, because they have the thinnest skin and more weight of juice. Thick-skinned oranges are apt to be dry: they either weigh less because of having so much skin, or because of the poverty of the juice in these particular specimens. A slight freezing on the tree causes this condition in otherwise fine fruit.