What species of fruit was this orange-like thing with a dark-green peel that I ate in Israel?
When I was in Israel, I bought a few avocados at a local market. I couldn't read the signs since they were in Hebrew, but I thought I could tell these were avocados by looking at them.
When I got them to my hostel and cut one open, I discovered I had actually bought citrus fruits similar to oranges. This was quite funny and also tasty. But I've wondered ever since, what were they?
They can't have been regular oranges, because they were ripe and ready to eat on the inside while being dark green on the outside. They were also oblong like avocados instead of round like oranges.
Does anyone know the real name of such fruit?
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My best guess would be an orange, possibly a Washington navel orange. Some of these can be ripe but green.
See a catalog of Israeli citrus - mostly Hebrew, but nice pictures and English names.
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What fruit has green skin and orange inside?
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Jaffa oranges are harvested in the Israel and the Palestinian territories between November and March, with the marketing season beginning in September and extending through April. More than half the annual crop is exported, and Israel is the main provider of other citrus fruits to the European Union.Are kumquats oranges?
A kumquat is an edible, orange-like fruit that is native to Southeast Asia. Though the citrus fruit resembles an orange in shape and color, it's actually quite small\u2014about the size of an olive. Typically, kumquats are round or oblong.Sweetie Fruit: How to Eat Jaffa Sweetie Grapefruit
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