FOOD: The Mother Tree
17 03 2008“Agriculture IS cool.”
Me, at the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree in Riverside, CA, 2008-03-17
Looking around Riverside, it’s hard to imagine that only a few decades ago, the valley was awash in citrus groves and vineyards. In fact, Riverside was the epicenter of the nation’s orange industry at one time. You can still see the ragged remnants of that history here and there – patches of land with skeletal grape vine stumps or dead trees amidst weeds and dust stuck in-between technology centers and warehouses. But there is one place, in the middle of Riverside’s residential hubbub, where that history is well cared for and guarded by an imposing iron fence.
Said iron fence protecting Riverside’s most precious commodity – 1903
Courtesy of the Orange County Public Library
Courtesy of the Orange County Public Library
Categories : California, Food, History
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