California's first orange tree
OROVILLE, Calif. — If you're viewing in the ABC10 app, click here for multimedia. Seven billion dollars... that's the economic impact of California...
OROVILLE, Calif. — If you're viewing in the ABC10 app, click here for multimedia. Seven billion dollars... that's the economic impact of California's iconic citrus industry today. Citrus trees grow all over the state and it's all thanks to gold miners. Before 1856, citrus trees did not exist in California. The first citrus tree was an orange tree, planted in Oroville next to the Bidwell Bar Bridge during the gold rush. That tree is still alive, but State park interpretive specialist, Amanda Speer, said it's had a rough life.