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EL NARANJO

(Árbol de la naranja)

Presentation made for the EVS project "Youth Partners"

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.

Valencia

THANK YOU

How to draw an orange?

Music

GRACIAS

Viva la media naranja

La mane

PALDIES

Cartoons

(Las Naranjas)

As a curiosity...

  • In Spanish "Naranja" is the name of the fruit and the name of the color !
  • "Naranjito" was the official mascot of the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain
  • In Seville centre, there are around 30.000

orange trees, being the first city

in the world with more

orange trees planted

on the street.

El patio de los naranjos, Catedral de Sevilla.

How grow the oranges?

Spain: Seventh in the world !

Azahar

(Orange blossom)

  • Principal orange's producers: Brasil, EE.UU., India, China, Mexico, Iran, España, (...)
  • Spain: 1st orange producer in Europe ( 44,3 %),

followed by Italy (39,7 %).

  • The world largest exporter of oranges
  • Orange production: October - June
  • Warm and humid climate.
  • Harvesting is manual.
  • The oranges ripen on the tree.
  • The orange tree blooming in springtime.

Spain

Properties,Oranges are...

VALENCIA

ALICANTE

Strong teeth

and bones !!

SEVILLA

  • Rich in vitamin C.
  • Rich in fiber and potassium.
  • Oranges are allied to prevent colds, respiratory diseases ...

History about Orange tree:

Grapefruit

Mandarin

  • The orange is a mix between

cultivated since ancient times.

  • It is believed that sweet orange trees have originated in Southeast Asia, northeastern India, or southern China and that they were first cultivated in China around 2500 BC.
  • Portuguese were who bring the orange trees from China (c.XVI). Nowadays, those trees are producing the oranges that we have.
  • Spanish explorers introduced the sweet orange into the American continent in the mid-1500s.
  • The most cultivated fruit tree in the world since 1987.