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The park’s museum exhibits and interpretive features share the story of the citrus industry's role in the history and development of Southern California, and is told through the experiences of the diverse migrant and immigrant groups who made it all possible. [1] The 248-acre (100 ha) park was established in 1993. [2]
The National Orange Show Festival is an annual festival held in San Bernardino, California since 1911 to promote the citrus industry. [1] At the height of its popularity between 1960 and the mid-1980s, the event ran a full two weeks during the month of March and featured displays from most counties in California.
Fruit crate label for Sunkist California Oranges. In its early years, the primary problem facing the California citrus industry was an oversupply of fruit. By 1907, California was producing five times as many oranges as fifteen years earlier. Orange production continued to grow as newly planted orange groves began to bear fruit.
The lab itself had become famous throughout the citrus industry. [7] In 1961, to reflect the growth of the laboratory, the name was changed to the Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CES-AES). At the time, the director was Alfred M. Boyce for which Boyce Hall, the home to the Entomology and Biochemistry Departments, is ...
In Corona about 80% of all job were in the citrus industry. The citrus industry continued in Corona into the 1980s. Corona had the title of Lemon Capital of the World, but lost it to Ventura County, California. Corona Heritage Park & Museum at 510 W Foothill Parkway, Corona, California had displays about the Corona citrus industry.
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Ventura County, California (1938 to present) [7] Santa Paula, California (1938 to present) also called Citrus Capital of the World [ 8 ] Saticoy, California (1938 to present) [ 9 ] [ 10 ]