Then And Now: The Vanishing Orange In Southern California

By John Anthony Adams

John Anthony Adams owns the last orange grove in Rialto, California, a city that once contained 10,000 acres of groves. It was planted by his grandfather, V.R. Cooley.in 1907. John Adams has spent 40 years collecting enchanting and often hilarious stories and information about the great citrus era that ended in the 50s in Southern California This book is a journey to that magnificent past, and it has been updated by comparing the great ease of growing a huge variety of treasured fruits and vegetables in Rialto at the end of the 20th Century compared to the difficulty or impossibility of growing many of those same varieties now due to climate change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DFTLKBLG
• ISBN13: 9798336383713
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"