What is Valencia orange?
[[Image:Valenciaorange.jpg|thumb|right|255px|A Valencia orange]] The '''Valencia orange''' is an [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] first made by the [[California|Californian]] [[agronomist]] [[William Wolfskill]], on his [[farm]] in [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]]. The orange was later sold to the [[Irvine Company]], who later used half of its land to grow the orange. [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] is named after this orange because of its popularity. The Irvine Company's Valencia operation later split from the company and became [[Sunkist]]. Cultivation of the Valencia in Orange County had stopped by the mid-[[1990s]] because of rising property costs, which caused what remained of the Southern California orange industry to move to [[Florida]]. It is usually harvested between March and June. {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Citrus]]