Words Katie Goh

May 2, 2024 | port-magazine.com | Katie Goh |Words Katie Goh

A visit to the first of California’s orange treesIn 1873, three citrus seedlings arrived in Riverside, California. They had travelled far. Originating in Sao Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, they were carried northward at the request of the US Department of Agriculture. In the US capital, the saplings were re-christened the Washington Navel orange and, now American, they headed west to Eliza Tibbets’ garden in the city of Riverside, 50 miles east of Los Angeles.