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{{Short description|Variety of edible fruit}}
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[[File:Nagpur orange article.JPG|thumb|Nagpur oranges]]
'''Nagpur orange''' is a variety of [[mandarin orange]] (''Citrus reticulata'') grown in [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101104060802/http://www.hindu.com/op/2010/10/31/stories/2010103150011200.htm The Hindu : Open Page : From California orange to Nagpur orange]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Exercise-caution-over-cultivating-Nagpur-orange-in-Kodagu-IIHR/article16521197.ece|title=Exercise caution over cultivating Nagpur orange in Kodagu: IIHR|date=25 September 2009|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/CRC3727.html |title=Nagpur mandarin ''Citrus reticulata'' Blanco |website=University of California Riverside Citrus Variety Collection |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>

==Details==
The fruit has a pockmarked exterior and sweet and juicy pulp. It gives the city of Nagpur its pseudonym ''Orange City''. The [[Geographical Indication]] was applied for Nagpur orange with the registrar of GIs in India, and is effective as of April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Geographical-Indications-tag-for-Nagpur-orange-Kannauj-perfume/articleshow/34214019.cms|title=Geographical Indications tag for Nagpur orange, Kannauj perfume|last=Subramani|first=A|date=26 April 2014|work=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=18 June 2014}}</ref>

The Nagpur oranges blossom during the Monsoon season and are ready to be harvested from the month of December. The orange crop here grows twice a year. The fruit available from September to December is Ambiya which has a slightly sour taste. It is followed by the sweeter Mrig crop in January. Normally, farmers go for either of the two varieties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/The-bitter-story-of-Nagpur-Orange/articleshow/54271608.cms|title=The bitter story of Nagpur Orange | Nagpur News |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Nagpur district]]
[[Category:Orange cultivars]]
[[Category:Agriculture in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Maharashtra]]
Harvesting of [https://www.agreefarmers.com [http://www.agreefarmers.com Ambia bahar]] fruits should be completed as far as possible by first week of December and the trees should be put on water stress by withdrawing irrigation. For adequate stress spray cycocel @ 2 ml/lit of water.

• Dead wood pruning may be done after harvest of Ambia fruits which should be immediately followed by spraying of fungicide, Carbendazim @ 1 gm/litre water.

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