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Not from concentrate orange juice is provided which includes as a freshly squeezed orange juice component juice extracted from an early season round orange cultivar which has a color intensity in excess of that provided by Hamlin cultivars which are harvested at the same time as the early season cul

Not from concentrate orange juice is provided which includes as a freshly squeezed orange juice component juice extracted from an early season round orange cultivar which has a color intensity in excess of that provided by Hamlin cultivars which are harvested at the same time as the early season cultivar, which is not a Hamlin cultivar. The juice extracted from such early season cultivar has sensory attributes which are at least as acceptable as Hamlin fresh juice. Preferred early season cultivars are within the Seleta family or are Westin cultivars or are Ruby Nucellar cultivars.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of preparing early season not from concentrate orange juice, comprising the steps of:harvesting a very early season orange cultivar selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of preparing early season not from concentrate orange juice, comprising the steps of:harvesting a very early season orange cultivar selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar, or a combination of these very early season cultivars, said harvesting being very early in the harvesting season for orange fruit, namely no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit in the growing territory;extracting juice from a volume of said very early season oranges of said harvesting step;collecting the resulting extracted orange juice as an early season orange juice having a Color Number of at least 33 CN units, said Color Number being greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at the time of said harvesting step; andblending said extracted early season orange juice with another orange juice source in order to provide a not from concentrate orange juice product having a Color Number in excess of 33 CN units, while also exhibiting sensory qualities substantially equivalent to the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.