--- product_id: 4665511 title: "Oranges" price: "₹ 6016" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/4665511-oranges store_origin: IN region: India --- # Oranges **Price:** ₹ 6016 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Oranges - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 6016 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/4665511-oranges) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Oranges [McPhee, John] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Oranges Review: Fruit, Economics, Agriculture and History Made Fascinating - I picked up this book because I was traveling to Florida and wanted something . . . . Florida-ish. Good pick! John McPhee, a New Yorker stalwart and author of at least 25 books, started out to write a New Yorker article on the subject of the orange industry in 1966 and ended up material with enough to create a book, which became Oranges. This particular edition came out in 2000 and bears a preface by the author, which explains his early career with The New Yorker and how and why the book got written. The text itself is not updated or appended to register changes in the industry since the mid-1960s, but that's okay. This is a surprisingly compelling and atmospheric narrative, even though it is fact-packed with economics and agricultural statistics. McPhee's inspiration was simply that he liked orange juice and wanted to find out where it came from. That took him to Florida where he found scientists, growers, and the entire history of a piece of fruit most of us take for granted, a native of China that was unknown in the Holy Land and the Western hemisphere at the time of Christ, that would not make it to the Americas until Columbus. For all its ubiquity in the modern world, citrus is a temperamental plant that requires particular soil and climatic conditions, not to mention careful grafting to maintain true products. There are many varieties of oranges--not just seedy, seedless and tangerine--and across history they have been valued by kings and inspired poetry. Ponce de Leon may have introduced them to the Florida mainland in the 16th century, to sustain troops. The coming of the railroad and improved shipping popularized the fruit produced in the Jacksonville, St. John's River basin and Indian River regions (northern and central Florida) in the 19th century, and an international industry was born. Fast forward to the 1960s and McPhee puts the reader in the midst of a highly evolved industry populated with creative entrepreneurs and scientists and power brokers who might be kings. McPhee concludes his tour at a time when juice concentrate is king in America. This book could benefit from a coda updating how the trends for organic and fresh ("never from concentrate," my bottle brags) have affected the industry, as well as the real estate development that has overrun former growing areas. Review: Sunshine in your Glass - For those of us who have had a glass of orange juice nearly every day of our lives, it is rather fascinating to learn a bit about the history and quality control of the modern industry that brings that delicacy to our kitchen. This is one of McPhee's earliest books, so it is a bit dated. But that doesn't matter. McPhee is such a talented writer and he packs so much information and insight in to a small book that it is well worth reading even though a half century has passed since it was first published. The ancient history of the fruit is still germane, and the description of the technological breakthroughs that brought us flash frozen, "concentrate", and flavor packs are still fascinating and relevant. Also, gaining a feeling for the many varieties of oranges, the weather and predator challenges faced by orange growers, and the rise of massive corporate producers as well as the place for some remaining family farms is worth placing in perspective. McPhee started with the simple joy of a small vendor peeling fresh oranges in the old Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Savoring an orange is still far more satisfying than drinking a technologically synthesized universal product, although that is what the vast majority of people settle for in this fast moving world. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #62,543 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #78 in Nature Writing & Essays #148 in Essays (Books) #489 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 561 Reviews | ## Images ![Oranges - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71IrjsxYaUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fruit, Economics, Agriculture and History Made Fascinating *by C***G on March 28, 2012* I picked up this book because I was traveling to Florida and wanted something . . . . Florida-ish. Good pick! John McPhee, a New Yorker stalwart and author of at least 25 books, started out to write a New Yorker article on the subject of the orange industry in 1966 and ended up material with enough to create a book, which became Oranges. This particular edition came out in 2000 and bears a preface by the author, which explains his early career with The New Yorker and how and why the book got written. The text itself is not updated or appended to register changes in the industry since the mid-1960s, but that's okay. This is a surprisingly compelling and atmospheric narrative, even though it is fact-packed with economics and agricultural statistics. McPhee's inspiration was simply that he liked orange juice and wanted to find out where it came from. That took him to Florida where he found scientists, growers, and the entire history of a piece of fruit most of us take for granted, a native of China that was unknown in the Holy Land and the Western hemisphere at the time of Christ, that would not make it to the Americas until Columbus. For all its ubiquity in the modern world, citrus is a temperamental plant that requires particular soil and climatic conditions, not to mention careful grafting to maintain true products. There are many varieties of oranges--not just seedy, seedless and tangerine--and across history they have been valued by kings and inspired poetry. Ponce de Leon may have introduced them to the Florida mainland in the 16th century, to sustain troops. The coming of the railroad and improved shipping popularized the fruit produced in the Jacksonville, St. John's River basin and Indian River regions (northern and central Florida) in the 19th century, and an international industry was born. Fast forward to the 1960s and McPhee puts the reader in the midst of a highly evolved industry populated with creative entrepreneurs and scientists and power brokers who might be kings. McPhee concludes his tour at a time when juice concentrate is king in America. This book could benefit from a coda updating how the trends for organic and fresh ("never from concentrate," my bottle brags) have affected the industry, as well as the real estate development that has overrun former growing areas. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sunshine in your Glass *by U***4 on January 12, 2018* For those of us who have had a glass of orange juice nearly every day of our lives, it is rather fascinating to learn a bit about the history and quality control of the modern industry that brings that delicacy to our kitchen. This is one of McPhee's earliest books, so it is a bit dated. But that doesn't matter. McPhee is such a talented writer and he packs so much information and insight in to a small book that it is well worth reading even though a half century has passed since it was first published. The ancient history of the fruit is still germane, and the description of the technological breakthroughs that brought us flash frozen, "concentrate", and flavor packs are still fascinating and relevant. Also, gaining a feeling for the many varieties of oranges, the weather and predator challenges faced by orange growers, and the rise of massive corporate producers as well as the place for some remaining family farms is worth placing in perspective. McPhee started with the simple joy of a small vendor peeling fresh oranges in the old Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Savoring an orange is still far more satisfying than drinking a technologically synthesized universal product, although that is what the vast majority of people settle for in this fast moving world. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book if you like oranges *by J***A on February 27, 2024* This book will tell you where everything there is to know about oranges, including the vast number of varieties, how they are grown and other information. It's pretty old, but still useful. And the author is an excellent writer. ## Frequently Bought Together - Oranges - Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Penguin Books for Art) - Six Records of a Floating Life (Penquin Classics) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/4665511-oranges](https://www.desertcart.in/products/4665511-oranges) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*