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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]
Pages in category "Citrus industry in California" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The citrus industry in California had begun before Tibbets' introduction of the Washington navel orange. However, there was no outstanding early and midseason variety of sweet orange generally adapted to the climate. [13] Extant citrus was mostly seedling trees grown from seeds obtained locally or from the Spanish missions. Growers experimented ...
A California Department of Food and Agriculture worker looks for trees infected with Asian citrus psyllids in Hacienda Heights in 2012. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Citrus fruits are produced all over the world; according to the FAO, as of 2016, about 79% of the world's total citrus production was grown in the Northern Hemisphere, with countries of the Mediterranean Basin contributing the largest volumes, while Brazil was the largest citrus producer in the Southern Hemisphere and the world.
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.
Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building. [11] It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery and the Eastern Division of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California.
By the early 20th century, it was a major focal point of California's citrus industry and boosted the world's largest producer of naval oranges in the world. Throughout its past, Redlands has a history of philanthropic residents establishing lasting legacies.