Tag: navels

California Navel orange production for the 2022-2023 season is forecast at 1.52 million tons (38.0 million boxes), up 19 percent from last season.

Every navel orange eaten, shipped, or sold owes its origin to two trees planted in Riverside, CA in 1873. The woman who planted them was both exceptional and typical of her time—the idealistic, inspirational, yet highly pragmatic America of the mid-nineteenth century.

Heading toward spring, citrus supplies should be as promotable as ever, high in quality and volume, but smaller than normal on sizing.