Red Navels were sold in Houston at Home Depot before the state supplied citrus budwood became mandatory about ten yrs ago. They were grown by Crockett Nursery (now defunct) in Harlingen, Tx. Dr. Julian Sauls is a professor of horticulture at the Texas A&M Citrus Center and an Agriculture Extension Agent and he referred to them as red navels not Cara Caras. And I believe they may be different. They seem to be darker and some years get a lot more of a berry flavor. They can also become drier. When they are in a good year, they are the best of my 25+ varieties. I also have have Moro, Sanguinelli, Torroco, and a "blood Jaffa". O.K., maybe red tinged, Jaffa. I got it from Crockett also. And I have a reference to them. I like the red navels because their pigment is lycopene and they start out like grapefruit, fully colored and fade as they hang on the tree. Blood oranges mostly don't get very red in our climate because color is induced by non interrupted cold nights.

The first house my first husband and I lived in had huge fig trees. This was down near Harlingen, TX. I have no idea what type they were. But they were has high as the house and I could not have put my arms around one. There were 6 of them. I could not find enough people for all that fruit. It kept falling on the ground, rotting and fermenting. The wasps were in heaven over all that fruit. I was pregnant, so needless to say, I have never eaten another fig. LOL! These were old trees in 1960.

This won't help too much: about 15 years ago I interviewed for a job in McAllen. DW and I ate out the whole time we were there, of course. Had fajitas one night at some nondescript restaurant (we picked it because the parking lot was full). Instead of using bell peppers or anchos, they used habaneros. OMG it was incredibly hot--but delicious!! (I now have an inkling as to what S & M is about. Not my style, but I can see how some people would go for it. Pleasure and pain are sometimes closely related.) I do remember crossing the border and having some good food in some touristy tavern and drinking draft Negra Modelo. I've never had Negra Modelo draft anywhere else. Magnificent.

Lynwood (CA) Here is a link that might be useful: Straight Outta Lynwood