Moro
Moro
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Season: Dec. - Feb.
Self-pollinating: Yes
Tree Size: 7 - 10 ft.
Average diameter (inches): 2 - 3
Seeds: 0 – 6
Cold: Sensitive
Description: Round, moderate size. Orange-colored peel commonly blushed with a burgundy color. Usually low-seeded with a flesh that can become very dark red late in the season.
More Info: First discovered as a sport of the Sanguinello Blood orange in Sicily, Italy in the mid-20th Century, the Moro is one of the newest of the popular Blood Oranges varieties. The name Moro comes from the Moorish culture, which in the 8th century, dominated the Mediterranean region. The word was used to describe dark skinned people of Africa. In time, it became a word common to anything with dark pigment. Moro is the most highly-colored of the blood oranges, owing its distinctive flesh color and rind blush to the presence of anthocyanin, the same pigment that colors purple grapes.