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Navels
It has a "belly button" at the blossom end, leading to the common name of “navel orange.” It is a table fruit
  • Description: large and medium sized seedless round table fruit. It is juicy and deep orange in colour with thick skin that makes it easy to peel and section for eating.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 42-48-56-64-72-80-88
  • Season: De-greening : October - November
                        Natural color: December - March
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Degreening of Naval Oranges

Why degreening?

Degreening means getting rid of the green color and allowing the orange color of the peel to predominate.


The external colour of citrus fruits is more often related to climatic conditions than to internal maturity. In the beginning of the citrus season in Egypt, some cultivars still have an external appearance of immaturity with a green peel, but are in fact internally mature. The external appearance of the citrus is used by the consumer as an indication of quality and the green colour is associated with immaturity. Thus, degreening is becoming an effective method for improving the visual quality of mature citrus and preparing it for the consumer.

When does the degreening process becomes effective?

Only when oranges become internally mature, the degreening process becomes effective, since this process has only an external effect. Maturity levels are detected through undergoing laboratory tests that shows :

a) Sugar content          b) Juice Content       c) Acidity level     

Degreening Process

In the degreening process, oranges are stacked in isolated degreening rooms and are exposed to the optimum climate conditions required for reaching the natural coloration all over the 24 hours of the day. Thus, the undesirable green color turns to orange in few days. Producers can operate and manage their degreening facilities in such a way that they can produce a product of high quality. This is successfully achieved by an accurate control and monitoring of temperature, humidity, ethylene, ventilation and air circulation.

Valencia
Mainly used for juice extraction. It is also a table fruit in the 2nd place. Valencia is a late-season fruit, and therefore a popular variety when the navel oranges are out of season.
  • Description: Medium to small sized seedless round fruit. It has a thin skin, and an interior bright orange colour, with very high juice content. It is the last orange variety to be picked.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 56-64-72-80-88-100-113-125
  • Season: February - June
Baladi
An Egyptian Variety of an unidentified origin, but with an extensive production in Egypt. It ripens in the begging of the citrus season and it is considered to be a good substitute for Valencia Oranges. Mainly used for juice extraction and extensively required in Western Europe for juice factories.
  • Description: Small to Medium sized seedy fruit. It has a smooth and thin skin, well colored and high juice content.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 56-64-72-80-88-100-113-125
  • Season: December - February
Sweet Orange
It is a sweet orange variety that holds high levels of sugar content in the fruit. It is mainly a table fruit but also sometimes used in juice.
  • Description: Small sized fruit with seeds and with high juice content.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 56-64-72-80-88-100-113-125
  • Season: December - February
Adalia Lemon
Lemon is the leading acid citrus fruit because of its very appealing color, odor and flavor.
  • Description: Medium to large sized fruit. They have firm, oily and smooth-skin and heavy for their sizes. They have a bright yellow color, an elongate shape; having more length than width and possess abundant juice.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 80-88-100-113-125-138
  • Season: December - April
White/ Red Grapefruit
The grapefruit is a large orange-like fruit that belongs to the citrus family. It is somehow a "new" addition to the family, deriving from a natural cross-breeding between orange and pomelo. It is called grapefruit simply because it grows in clusters, like grapes.
  • Description: The fruit is nearly round to slightly pear-shaped. It has a smooth, finely dotted peel with a pale yellow colour, sometimes blushed with pink and aromatic outwardly. The pale-yellow, nearly whitish, or pink, or even deep-red pulp is segmented with thin, membranous and bitter walls, which is very juicy and acid to sweet-acid in flavor when fully ripe.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 30-36-40-48-56-64-72-80
  • Season: December - April
Citrus packing
We supply our citrus varieties from our lands “Sarhan Farms” following the international standards and qualities. Open-Top trays and Telescopic Cartons as well as Bins can be produced according to the variety and the size of the fruit being packed.
  • Citrus Packing:
    1. 15 Kg Net – 16 Kg Gross Cartons
    2. 7 Kg Net – 8 Kg Gross Cartons
    3. 500 Kg Bins
  • Container’s Capacity:
    1. Number of Pallets/Container: 20 Pallets/ 40’ reefer
    2. Number of Cartons/ Pallet: 80 cartoons/ pallet (15 kg Cartoon packing)
    3. Number of Cartoons/ Container: 1600 Cartons (15 kg Cartoon packing)
    4. Number of Cartons/ Pallet: 168cartoons/ pallet (7 kg Cartoon packing)
    5. Number of Cartoons/ Container: 3360 Cartons (7kg Cartoon packing)
    6. Number of bins/ pallet: 2
Red Seedless Grapes
  • Description: Berries are round, seedless, firm and sweet, with a very good crisp texture. Excellent variety for fresh eating and commercial purposes.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Season: June - August
  • Grapes Packing:
    1. 5kg Gross / 4.5 Net Plastic Boxes
    2. 180 Plastic Boxes / Pallet - 20 Pallets/ Container 40'
    3. 3600 Plastic Boxes / Container
    4. 16.2 Tons (Net) / Container
White Seedless Grapes
  • Description: Elongated seedless berries with bright green colour, thick skin and crisp firm texture. It is one of the world’s most popular varieties due to its excellent eating quality and good shelf life.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Season: May - July
  • Grapes Packing:
    1. 5kg Gross / 4.5 Net Plastic Boxes
    2. 180 Plastic Boxes / Pallet - 20 Pallets/ Container 40'
    3. 3600 Plastic Boxes / Container
    4. 16.2 Tons (Net) / Container
Pomegranate
The pomegranate was first cultivated by the Ancient Egyptians; for they do best in climates with long, hot and dry summers and cool winters. That’s why Egypt provides a very good base for its cultivation resulting in a very high quality fruit.
  • Description: It is round and often slightly edged with a smooth, leathery skin of an orange yellow to dark red in colour when ripe. The interior is separated by membranous walls and white, spongy and bitter tissues into compartments packed with sacs, filled with sweetly acid, juicy, red, pink or whitish pulp. The seeds, juice and pulp are eaten, but the yellowish membrane is too astringent.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: 8-10-13-15
  • Season: September - October
  • Packing:
    1. 5 Kg (Gross) / 4.5 Kg (Net) cartons
    2. 200 Cartons/ Pallet – 20 Pallets/ Container 40'
    3. 4000 cartons/ Container
    4. 18 Tons/ Container
Golden Onions
Onions are high in energy and water content. They are low in calories and have a generous amount of B6, B1, and Folic acid. Onions increase circulation, lower blood pressure and prevent blood clotting.
  • Description: It is a variety of dry onion with a strong onion flavor, white inside and its layers of papery skin have a yellow-brown color.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: Small - Medium - Large
  • Season: March - June
  • Packing:
    1. 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, 25kg
    2. 18 tons/ Dry 40 reefer Container
Red Onions
Onions are high in energy and water content. They are low in calories and have a generous amount of B6, B1, and Folic acid. Onions increase circulation, lower blood pressure and prevent blood clotting.
  • Description: These onions tend to be medium to large in size and have a mild to sweet flavour. They are often consumed raw, added for colour to salads, and grilled or lightly cooked with other foods.
  • Quality: Grade 1
  • Sizes: Small - Medium - Large
  • Season: June - August
  • Packing:
    1. 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, 25kg
    2. 18 tons/ Dry 40 reefer Container
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