Eliza Tibbets, along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is best known as the founder of the California citrus industry. In 1873 she convinced William Saunders, Superintendent of the fledgling Bureau of Agriculture, to make her a test grower for his new seedless oranges from Bahia, Brazil. By planting and nurturing the orange trees that Saunders sent her, Tibbets revolutionized the citrus industry.
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- Eliza Tibbets, along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is best known as the founder of the California citrus industry. In 1873 she convinced William Saunders, Superintendent of the fledgling Bureau of Agriculture, to make her a test grower for his new seedless oranges from Bahia, Brazil. By planting and nurturing the orange trees that Saunders sent her, Tibbets revolutionized the citrus industry. Introduction of these oranges, later called the Washington Navel Orange, proved to be the most successful experiment of Saunders’ tenure, and one of the outstanding events in the economic and social development of California. For the next 60 years and more, a great industry was built up from the two small trees planted by Eliza Tibbets.
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- Eliza Tibbets, along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is best known as the founder of the California citrus industry. In 1873 she convinced William Saunders, Superintendent of the fledgling Bureau of Agriculture, to make her a test grower for his new seedless oranges from Bahia, Brazil. By planting and nurturing the orange trees that Saunders sent her, Tibbets revolutionized the citrus industry.
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