There is a legend that is told among the lovers of tangerines, a legend passed down over the centuries that tangerines have been grown. The tale of two lovers, after whom the Tangerine was named.
Once, long, long ago, two young people fell in love and wished to marry. They told their parents of their love, but Angeline's family was vehemently against the match. Angeline came from a long line of rich and powerful families, while the young man, Thomas, was one of the farmers who worked the land for Angeline's father. Angeline's parents expected her to marry a rich young man to bring more money to the family.
Angeline was told that she would be disowned if she married him, but she did not care. One night, the lovers gathered all their posessions together and ran away, heading for a small country Thomas had heard of where land was free for the taking and where they could begin their lives anew.
They reached the country he had heard about on the fourth night, but as they were riding through a forest, robbers came out of the forest and dragged Angeline from her horse. While one held a knife to her throat, the others grabbed the horses and stripped the couple of everything of value. Before they disappeared back into the forest, one of the robbers mortally wounded Thomas with a knife wound in his chest. Holding his dying body to her, Angeline prayed to the stars for help. To her amazement, one of the stars began to glow, turning a bright shade of orange before falling from the sky in a burst of light so bright that it made her faint. When she could woke up, Angeline looked around. The wound in Thomas's chest had closed, leaving only a star-shaped scar, and they were surrounded by more than a dozen trees bearing golden fruit that looked like small oranges.
Thomas, now completely healed, picked one of the orange-like fruits and peeled it, wanting to see if they were, in fact, small oranges. Spitting out one of the seeds, he nearly dropped the rest of the fruit in his astonishment-the seed was made of gold! He quickly ate the rest of the fruit, and collected twelve more golden seeds! He showed these to the amazed Angeline, who, being hungry anyway, picked her own fruit. Before they went to sleep that night, they had eaten over 50 of the small fruit, and had collected more than 600 golden seeds!
After they harvested all the fruits on the trees, they went to the king of the small country and with their newfound wealth bought the entire forest in which they had spent that night. After that first harvest, the seeds of the trees were ordinary fruit seeds, but the trees still held that same magic for the couple, and they spent the rest of their lives growing more, only telling their children the tale of the star and the first magical harvest of the fruit, which after their deaths became known as tangerines.
From that day, the tangerine star has been a sign of recognition for anything that is thought to be so wonderful that it is as if magic has been used to create it-which it has! The magic of life is within us all, just waiting to bear fruit!
Once, long, long ago, two young people fell in love and wished to marry. They told their parents of their love, but Angeline's family was vehemently against the match. Angeline came from a long line of rich and powerful families, while the young man, Thomas, was one of the farmers who worked the land for Angeline's father. Angeline's parents expected her to marry a rich young man to bring more money to the family.
Angeline was told that she would be disowned if she married him, but she did not care. One night, the lovers gathered all their posessions together and ran away, heading for a small country Thomas had heard of where land was free for the taking and where they could begin their lives anew.
They reached the country he had heard about on the fourth night, but as they were riding through a forest, robbers came out of the forest and dragged Angeline from her horse. While one held a knife to her throat, the others grabbed the horses and stripped the couple of everything of value. Before they disappeared back into the forest, one of the robbers mortally wounded Thomas with a knife wound in his chest. Holding his dying body to her, Angeline prayed to the stars for help. To her amazement, one of the stars began to glow, turning a bright shade of orange before falling from the sky in a burst of light so bright that it made her faint. When she could woke up, Angeline looked around. The wound in Thomas's chest had closed, leaving only a star-shaped scar, and they were surrounded by more than a dozen trees bearing golden fruit that looked like small oranges.
Thomas, now completely healed, picked one of the orange-like fruits and peeled it, wanting to see if they were, in fact, small oranges. Spitting out one of the seeds, he nearly dropped the rest of the fruit in his astonishment-the seed was made of gold! He quickly ate the rest of the fruit, and collected twelve more golden seeds! He showed these to the amazed Angeline, who, being hungry anyway, picked her own fruit. Before they went to sleep that night, they had eaten over 50 of the small fruit, and had collected more than 600 golden seeds!
After they harvested all the fruits on the trees, they went to the king of the small country and with their newfound wealth bought the entire forest in which they had spent that night. After that first harvest, the seeds of the trees were ordinary fruit seeds, but the trees still held that same magic for the couple, and they spent the rest of their lives growing more, only telling their children the tale of the star and the first magical harvest of the fruit, which after their deaths became known as tangerines.
From that day, the tangerine star has been a sign of recognition for anything that is thought to be so wonderful that it is as if magic has been used to create it-which it has! The magic of life is within us all, just waiting to bear fruit!
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