Curious about the navel orange

The Navel orange is the first Sicilian orange to open the citrus harvesting season:
The maturation of Navels, in fact, begins in the most early areas at the end of October and continues
until January.

Navels (also called Naveline, Navelline, Novelini, Novellini) are oranges with blonde pulp, medium skin
and easy to peel, moderate juice yield and a sugary flavour.

Navel oranges were developed for the first time in Brazil, in San Salvador de Bahia, where a traveler
found them in a Benedictine monastery and after falling in love with them brought with him the sprout
which he began to graft on Magnolia Street, in California and subsequently arrived in Sicily.
Their shape is elongated at the ends, almost "ovoid" and, the characteristic that distinguishes it, is its
"navel" placed at the base of the fruit: this peculiarity is due to the fact that it contains another small
twin orange inside, trapped in the rind.

Thanks to the particular vocation of the soil, the Navel Bellino orange has managed to express itself at
its best, particularly distinguishing itself for its sweet and sugary flavour, the absence of seeds and a
thick and soft skin, with a moderate juice yield, given that the variety Navel is, in general, a more fibrous
variety than the others.

The name "Navel" comes from the English "navel", precisely because of the twin orange trapped inside
it, in Sicily the name is also attributed to its ripening period, the name "novellino" in fact, recalls the
word "novello ", new, it is in fact, as we have said, the orange that opens every new citrus season.
You can purchase navel oranges online on our store, receiving them at home within 48/72 hours