the first commercial grove of oranges in california were planted by a fellow named william wolfskill, and like many things in california, he was an immigrant. he came from kentucky. man: william wolfskill obtained some citrus from mission san gabriel-- mediterranean sweet oranges--and in fact, provided citrus for miners in the gold rush. there was this outbreak of scurvy in the mines, and the citrus can combat scurvy. ule: wolfskill had the concept that if he could ship his crop to where people were, he could make this successful. so he put his oranges on trains, and he shipped them to san francisco. moses: william wolfskill was really the progenitor of this whole business of citrus as a commercial enterprise. it provided a model for how this regional commodity could aually make money. woman: suddenly there was a market for all that los angeles farmers could grow, and slowly, this professional agriculture began to develop. man: people who fashioned the myth of southern california did a really fine job in selling to those folks health and wealth. "come to this climate, and it'll cure w