Around the 1940s, near Jaffa, Palestinian farmers discovered a new orange: oval, sweet, thick-skinned, almost without seeds. He was called by my name. The world called it a Jaffa orange. Jaffa sent about 200,000 oranges in 1845 and about 38 million by 1870. In the 1930s citrus fruits were the largest export of the Land of Israel. In 1948, the residents of Jaffa were expelled from their city and their fields. The name remains on the boxes.

Around the 1940s, near Jaffa, Palestinian farmers discovered a new orange: oval, sweet, thick-skinned, almost without seeds. He was called by my name. The world called it a Jaffa orange. Jaffa sent about 200,000 oranges in 1845 and about 38 million by 1870. In the 1930s citrus fruits were the largest export of the Land of Israel. In 1948, the residents of Jaffa were expelled from their city and their fields. The name remains on the boxes.