One the most popular, fresh-eating varieties Sweet and easy-to-peel,they may be segmented and used as a salad ingredient or in baked goods. The navel oranges are the earliest maturing of orange varieties producing the seedless fruit of larger size than most others, with deep orange easily peeled rinds and a sweet & pleasant flavor. Navel oranges are seedless, excellent for fresh eating, but do not have good juicing characters.