"Andrew Marvell’s poem wherein the ‘remote Bermudas ride in the ocean’s bosom unespied’ was written in the sixteen-fifties, and contains a description, from hearsay, of Bermuda’s remarkable oranges, set against their dark foliage like ‘golden lamps in a green night’…it is no wonder that growers have heavily implanted the San Joaquin Valley with the Washington Navel Orange, which is the most beautiful orange grown in any quantity in the United States, and is certainly as attractive to the eye as any orange grown in the world. Its color will go to a deep, flaring cadmium orange, and its surface has a suggestion of coarseness, which complements its perfect ellipsoidal shape."

I’m fixin’ to throw this book down, put on pants, and drive to Harris Teeter for some goddamn oranges.