[throw0101d]

Meta: giving oranges as gifts at Christmas was a bit of a thing in the past when they used to be much more rare during winter: from Valencia/Ivrea for Europeans, and California/Florida in the US.

* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-we-should-br...

In the US the Interstate system helped reduce shipping and logistic costs across state lines, and so oranges became more prevalent and less 'special' post-WW2.

[jrumbut]

They also had a wild system for growing citrus fruit in trenches in the USSR.

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-cul...

I've always wanted to try it in my own cold environment.

[HarHarVeryFunny]

I've seen Youtube videos of people growing citrus, among other things, in colder climates in "greenhouses" made of plastic sheeting heated by a thick layer of woodchips which slowly decompose and give off heat.

[SoftTalker]

There are (were?) also dedicated "juice trains" running from Florida to various destinations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_Train

[chrisco255]

Also the passenger train immortalized by Johnny Cash's "Orange Blossom Special": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWz5NzY3Zck

[fuzzfactor]

"Rouse and Wise wrote the Orange Blossom Special song as a fiddle tune."

With the characteristic doppler effect of a rapidly passing train horn simulated by the fiddle player.

That Orange Blossom Special, doesn't run through Waldo any more.

[ljm]

Tangerines (or satsumas) over Christmas were a treat in the north of England when I was a kid.

Granny Smith and Pink Lady were also considered treats when it came to apples, compared to the usual golden delicious or braeburn.