Quote: Cold storage oranges get that way... dehydrated.... I suspect your oranges come from Florida mostly. But you got to remember Oranges are a winter fruit so if you are buying them in summer they either came from another country or were stored.
I used to live in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.... you wouldn't recognize them if you haven't been here in a while.... The cities are merging... land that was acres and acres of beef cattle has been sub divided. R1 plots in a sea of Uniformity.... Left Hand Right hand All built by the same developer in massive quantities... All the trees are the same height....
Even though they all pat themselves on the back for conquering the Air pollution you still get that feeling in your lungs when traveling through... You know like you've been swimming in a chlorinated pool too long.
My little patch of heaven is just remote enough to keep the city at bey. Ten acre minimum. That was voted in back in the seventies I believe. So if you see a plot of land smaller it was divided off before. So the key to getting acreage in California is buying Virtually off the grid. and remote.... unfortunately that places you somewhere beyond commuting distances for work.
Sigh.
deb
I agree on the oranges. I knew something was wrong with them. Or they would have been juicy! I miss the real thing from the local farmer to the local market!
That's why I am growing my own fruit as much as I can here. I am thinking of adding a green house so I can grow citrus and other plants for food that I cannot grow here.
I just am not sure what we will do with the farm when my husband retires yet.
I have family that lived in the Riverside and San Berardino areas.They have farms with horses and cows.
I have traveled as far as Az. many years ago and coming down out of Flagstaff I could not hardly breathe! The smog was so bad. We don't have that here, yet!
Hows mom doing..... 
Need advice my chick is dying
Over researched and made myself anxious about coccidiosis
