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Old January 6, 2016   #1
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So i have been watching this massive Valencia Orange grow in my tree for a while now wondering when it would fall out. Well yesterday was the day thanks to the good old El Nino storms that hit our area. Its 20 inches in circumference but im not sure on the weight because my scale battery was dead last night. Anyway here are a couple of pics of the beast. Oh and in pic number 2 that is a full size cantelope on the left.
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Old January 6, 2016   #2
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Wow!
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Old January 6, 2016   #3
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NICE!! You must be a proud Papa!

I would try to weigh it for fun but definitely take pics when she gets cut up!

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I've never seen an orange even close to that size.
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I hope it taste better than it looks

Seriously though wow!
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Old January 6, 2016   #6
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Wow! It reminds me more of those Ugly Fruits than it does a Valencia. At any rate, it's by far the largest orange I've ever seen!
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It doesn't look like a Valencia orange.
Do they all look like that?

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It doesn't look like a Valencia orange.
Do they all look like that?

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No they look like your regular old orange. This one is just a major mutant. Hard to beleive this bad boy has never been juiced up with steroids
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It may have a colony of aliens living in it.
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It looks - WOW!

When I started reading, I saw Valencia and thought Valencia Tomato. We grew them in 2015.
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Did you open it up yet? Any juice?
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Old January 10, 2016   #12
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I will probably open it tomorrow. When i do i will post a pic. I did finally weigh it and it comes in at 2 lb 7.6 oz. A heavy hitter indeed.
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It looks more like an Osage Orange!
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I can't stand the suspense anymore--did you open it yet???
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I think that may be fruit from the rootstock and not the grafted Valencia. Check the base and see if you have multiple trunks. Also the leaves may look different than the rest of the tree.
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