By Amy Grant Can’t start the day without a glass of orange juice? You certainly aren’t alone. Oranges in their many forms – juice, pulp and rind – are sought after fruits throughout the world. Generally speaking, orange juice as we know it in North America comes from navel oranges. However, there are many types of oranges. Just how many orange varieties are there? Let’s find out. How Many Orange Varieties are There? The sweet orange (Citrus aurantium var. sinensis) is not to be found in the wild. It is a hybrid, although of which two types there is much conjecture. Most sources seem to settle on the marriage between the pomelo (Citrus maxima) and the mandarin (Citrus reticulata). Confusion surrounds the origin of cultivation as well, but it is assumed to have first been grown in China, northeastern India and possible southeastern Asia. Italian traders carried the fruit to the Mediterranean
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