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The Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree is a tree grown by Eliza Tibbets in Riverside, California, in 1873.The Riverside County tree was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.20) on June 1, 1932, at the corner of Magnolia Street and Arlington Street, Riverside. [1]
The two-year-old orange tree, which was a novelty in Northern California at the time, was purchased in 1856 by Judge Joseph Lewis in the city of Sacramento and planted at the western approach to the bridge. The planting of the tree was done by Alfred Clarke, with the help of his foreman, Howard Burt. [2]
Parent Navel Orange Tree in Riverside, California (August, 2017) The navel orange was not new when Tibbets introduced it to United States agriculture. [42] A kind of navel was described and pictured by John Baptisti Ferrarius in 1646. [42] Early Brazilian publications often referred to the Navel orange, or lavanja de ombigo. [43]
With his wife Eliza Tibbets, he was known for growing the first two Washington Navel orange trees (from grafts) in Riverside, California about 1875. Their success and the qualities of the fruit resulted in a conversion of citrus orchards to this variety and rapid expansion of the California citrus industry.
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.