*** Quoting BOB KLAHN from a message to BARBARA MCNAY ***

 BM> All I can say to this is that those green oranges I had
 BM> were most flavorful and luscious.

BK>  Could be where you got them they raise a different varitey. I am
BK>  only familiar with the Florida or other southern US varieties.

I recall them from Florida but as a special thing people had gotten from
¨elsewhere.  One lady had a tree of them not far from my house.

The ones Bjorn and I mention, are Asian ones and quite common here.  I'd
guess ¨from looks and taste, related closely to the mandarin orange
(Meekan) which is ¨happy with a more northerly climate than Florida but I
think more subject to ¨damage from lack of rainfall?

Last year, it was very dry for Japan Kyushu standards and the meekan crop
wasnt ¨good.  When most years at peek they cost as little as 20 to 100yen
(cal that a ¨dollar for the rest of you), last year i dont think I found
them at even 10 per ¨100yen.  They were also smaller than normal and a
little less juicy.  This year ¨though is looking to be a good crop and the
early ones are already out, shipped ¨up north here from Okinawa I think
(early ones, Okinawa is hotter and earlier ¨crops than Kyushu).  When the
local trees are at full, the local market will ¨flood with them for a month
to 6 weeks.
                                       xxcarol

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