Valencia orange facts for kids
The Valencia orange is a popular type of orange. It was first created by a person named William Wolfskill. He was an agronomist, which means he was an expert in soil and crop science. Wolfskill grew this new orange on his farm in Santa Ana, California. This orange became so famous that Orange County was named after it!
Later, the orange farm was sold to a company called the Irvine Company. They used a lot of their land to grow these oranges. Eventually, the part of the Irvine Company that grew Valencia oranges became the well-known company Sunkist. By the mid-1990s, growing Valencia oranges in Southern California mostly stopped. This was because land became very expensive there. So, many orange farms moved to Florida. Valencia oranges are usually picked between March and June.
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Valencia oranges for sale.
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In Spanish: Naranja Valencia para niños
