The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today’s lunchbox

The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today's lunchbox

Source: ABC News

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit transformed 19th century naval exploration around the world.

Leonard Cohen famously sang about oranges that came from China in his 1967 debut single, Suzanne.
It turns out the Canadian singer was right about the provenance of the sweet orange (distinct from its cousin, the bitter orange), which emerged in Chin… [9504 chars]

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