Archive image from page 27 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00cali Year: 1900 ( 20 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. Expansion of Orange Culture.—While oranges had been grown in the most favored sections of Southern California, and to a very small extent in other portions of the State, to River- side is due the great impetus that brought the industry into national prominence. The twenty varieties of oranges that competed against the world at the New Orleans World's Fair, and to which was awarded the gold medal for their superiority, were grown at Riv
Archive image from page 27 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00cali Year: 1900 ( 20 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. Expansion of Orange Culture.—While oranges had been grown in the most favored sections of Southern California, and to a very small extent in other portions of the State, to River- side is due the great impetus that brought the industry into national prominence. The twenty varieties of oranges that competed against the world at the New Orleans World's Fair, and to which was awarded the gold medal for their superiority, were grown at Riverside, and the fact was heralded the world over. It is also largely to Riverside that the orange industry is indebted for its present importance, from the success attained in the cultivation of the Washington Navel, an orange which achieved widespread fame for itself and the location where it was first successfully grown (Riverside). A Riverside Washington Navel Orange Grove. The importation of the Australian ladybird (Vedalia car- dinalis) gave another impetus to the industry, and the work of this little insect in this State cannot be better illustrated than by the reported shipments of citrus fruits from Los Angeles before and after its introduction. For years Los Angeles was the lead- ing shipper of citrus fruits, but the introduction and spread of the cottony cushion scale {Icerya purchasi) so affected the indus- try that it was on the verge of extinction. In 1890, San Ber- nardino County (now divided from Riverside), into which this scale had not forced its way, shipped 1,705 carloads of oranges, and Los Angeles 781. The Vedalia practically exterminated the cottony cushion scale, and the returns in 1891 were 2,212 car- loads for Los Angeles and 1,708 for San Bernardino, an increase
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