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An 1897 French-style chateau set in an orange grove on Redlands Heights, bought in 1905 by a Kimberly-Clark founder and left to the people of...

Old California Botanicals in 2026 holiday gift guides: award-winning Redlands marmalade, orange blossom perfume and California gifts.

Before it was the Washington navel, growers called it the Riverside navel, and before that it was the Selecta de umbigo of Bahia. The route...

How California's citrus crate labels were printed and used, why the town on a label can mislead, and Redlands labels you can view in public...

By 1915 Southern California's citrus groves held at least a million oil-burning heaters. What a smudge pot did on a frost night, why California legislated...

California played an outsized role in American rose history. From nineteenth-century Riverside climbing sports to twentieth-century breakthroughs from Armstrong Nurseries and Descanso Gardens, these five...

Those little labels on apples, bananas and oranges have an unexpected California history. Redlands citrus grower and inventor William N. Moore patented an early system...

Listen to JP Beall of Old California Botanicals on Talk Ag To Me discussing California citrus, Redlands heritage, agriculture, and award-winning marmalade. Old California Botanicals...

Old California Botanicals has been featured by Raincross Gazette, Patch, and the California State Senate for its award-winning California citrus marmalades and Redlands heritage. Old...

A history of marmalade production in California, highlighting Redlands pioneers such as Homer P.D. Kingsbury and Mary Jamison Brown and their role in early 20th-century...

OCB marmalade is only made when California citrus is at its peak—which means limited batches and seasonal sellouts. Here's why that happens and what it...

JP Beall of Old California Botanicals heads to the National Discussion Meet—bringing the story of California citrus heritage, marmalade craftsmanship, and small-batch artisan production to...