The Spanish-style house a few blocks away has a kumquat tree dripping with quarter-sized orange fruit next to a Meyer lemon tree that looks to have closer to 100 yellow orbs hanging from the branches.

"Picking fruit straight from a tree sounds wonderfully natural, but there are some important things to keep in mind," an expert told Newsweek.

Thinly slice the well-peeled fruit into horizontal rounds about 1/8-inch thick and move them onto a clean dish towel in a single layer. Once all oranges have been cut, lay another clean towel on top ...

The orange tree in my backyard grew from a seed I planted about 10 years ago. ... A grafted tree provides a top that produces quality fruit and problem-resistant root stock.

MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees.