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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusCara Cara Navel Orange
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3994 (opens in a new tab)
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Theresa and Cam · Flour, Eggs and Yeast · 2025-03-22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOsi2F8UaGU (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Timestamped auto-captions cover an informal Cara Cara vs. navel and blood-orange food tasting. Cara Cara flesh is called pink; the tasted piece is described as fruity/orange-cherry, more sweet than tart and slightly sweeter than a typical orange (2:12–4:24). No sample provenance, accession, or measurement; captioned discovery place is garbled, so this source is not used for history.
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Paul and Scott · What Plant is that, Paul? · 2023-01-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5MdP4ZX5sY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Auto-captioned informal fruit tasting (1:03–2:04) describes a pink-fleshed Cara Cara with possible cherry/berry notes and a milder, less-tart sample than the homegrown Washington navel; the sample ranks below the speakers' favorites. The tentative Venezuela/Brix wording is uncertain; no Cara Cara sample provenance, numeric reading, or method.
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John (description identifies Jon Steffy) · TheProduceGeek · 2020-01-02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NwpfbXvc7A (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Auto-captioned produce taste test (2:26–3:32) describes one Cara Cara sample as pink, juicy and very sweet, with lower perceived acidity than a regular orange and raspberry/strawberry-berry tones; speaker says it is seedless. No named source, accession, count, or measurements; fruit is an unidentified produce sample.
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Idalia · Life with Spring · 2021-12-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEzm4EerCY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Backyard grower reports a Cara Cara tree (0:08–1:42), roughly estimates 7–8 ft using a wall, counts about ten fruit on one low branch and plans post-pick pruning; one fallen fruit is then tasted (3:08–6:36) as juicy, sweet and flavorful. Location, rootstock, planting/harvest date and measured yield/height are absent; captions contain one contradictory tasting phrase.
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Shannan · The FruitGuys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqLZ7kfb-0 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Promotional narration gives evocative aroma/flavor terms (cherry, rose petal, orange, blackberry; 0:10–0:45) and pink-flesh description. It does not identify a sampled accession or report taste intensity or measures. Relative upload date only; scripted discovery/history claim and garbled nutrition/pigment captions are not treated as verified history or analysis.
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Dan the Produce Man · Getting Fresh with Dan the Produce Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWNth3av1c (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Wholesale-market presenter at San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market (0:06–0:11) promotes Cara Cara and calls the tasted market fruit juicy; says it would add juiciness/sweetness/tastiness to fresh juice (1:43–2:09). No named farm/accession, sample date, or measured taste data; relative upload date only.
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2 Minute Garden Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC9S9QvI3g4 (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Grower describes his in-ground Cara Cara in coastal North Carolina and winter protection (0:00–2:22): reports ambient lows 16°F and 14°F under covered conditions; barrel/fabric protection details are given, but these are not unprotected/canopy hardiness thresholds. Separately, first harvest fruit from a second-year tree is described as seedless and candy-like (2:40–3:53), subjective only. Exact upload/observation years, location and instrument readings are unverified.
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Dewayne · Edge of Nowhere Farm · 2020-01-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y-Y3ZnOZyo (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: Arizona grower describes one in-ground tree observed at end of Dec. 2019 (0:11–0:27), about three years planted, gravelly/well-draining soil, seven visible fruits and unverified 'citron' rootstock (1:18–3:47). A single fruit is called very sweet with little/no tart and 1–2 seeds (4:13–7:43); cross-pollination explanation is untested. Preserve this as a sample report, not cultivar-wide measurements.
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Skandiberg · Tropical Fruit Forum · Cold Hardy Citrus · 2026-02-09
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?msg=575442 (opens in a new tab)
Post #68 describes a family tasting of supermarket citrus purchased the prior week. One participant reported melon notes in the Cara Cara sample. Store, lot, fruit count and harvest provenance are not specified; the post is an informal tasting, not a controlled evaluation.
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Diana · Garden Love Homestead · 2021-01-27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DATlceQzANQ (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: English auto-captions cover an informal tasting of one Cara Cara sample and one generic navel sample. The speaker identifies the Cara Cara fruit, notes pink flesh, and describes a very sweet berry/grapefruit-like flavor. No accession, location, rootstock, exact tasting date, fruit maturity, or measured readings are given. The video does not identify the generic navel sample as Washington.
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Laaz · Citrus Growers Forum · 2006-08-30
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopic1e74.php (opens in a new tab)
Laaz’s Aug. 30, 2006 forum reply describes Washington and Cara Cara (Red Navel) as common early navels and says Dream is also an early variety. The thread concerns an unidentified tree tagged only “navel”; this is an attributed forum comment, not a harvest calendar or an identification of that tree.
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