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History of Riverside County p 38
In the first years of the colony there came to settle here a coterie of spiritualists and free thinkers, rather clannish in their ways, all of whom have long since passed away, leaving no descendants here to take pride in the beautiful city whose building they helped to initiate. Nothing remains to remind one of their presence except the names of a few of our public streets - Denton, Cridge, Tibbetts, etc, - and the efforst of Mrs. L. C.
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Tibbetts to secure from the government the original naval orange trees from which have been propagated the millions of trees which have made Riverside and California famous and wealthy.
Dear Mrs. Tibbets, Dear Madam;
I sincerely thank you and your good husband for the box of oranges which reached me in splendid condition on the 27th. Without any doubt the Bahia is the best orange I have ever tasted. I am quite familiar with the best oranges in Florida, having made several visits to that state, and tasted the best they have. I am satisfied that California will beat Florida unless the later state pays more attention to producing the best kinds than they are now doing. I mean to economic ally distribute those sent among many friends here who are interested in orange groves in Florida. The Florida growers think that navel oranges are not worthy of culture, but I feel satisfied that they have never grown Bahia, because young plants of that kind were not sent to Florida for several years after you received yoiurs. You received two of hte original plants as they came from Bahia and none wer sent out until we buded young stocks and sent them after two or three years old, and not a great many of them. I have eaten navel oranges in Florida, very good, but altogether different from yours. Of course there are a great many varieties of oranges that are navel - many of them with a navel mark half and inch in width. I sent the Meletenais. It is a good orange, but I do not know what it may do in your climate - probably rival the Bahia.
Yours very respectfully,
William Saunders
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