While thousands of juice jingles have been written about the orange, and many of us can’t imagine breakfast without it, it may be time to branch out.

Originally from China, everyone from St. Augustine’s first Spanish settlers to modern agricultural speculators from northern states planted orange trees in Florida, and much of the time, they thrived, overcoming the occasional frost and pest.

As the Tampa Bay Times puts it, “The orange is so iconic and entwined in the Florida dream that this agricultural product is considered part of the ‘natural’ landscape. After all, Florida boasts an Orange County and Citrus County, and towns named Orange City, Orange Park and Orange Springs. The orange blossom is Florida’s official state flower, the orange the official state fruit,