Earth Garden

how we got OUR ORANGES

THE LONG journey of sweet oranges through 4000 years – across the world from east to west to the gardens and orchards of Europe – began in southern China, where oranges still grow wild.

These fruit were mentioned about 500 AD in works compiled by Confucius, based on texts created as early as 2400 BC. The Chinese word for the orange was ku

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