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The OGs of America’s Oranges

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America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Eliza Tibbets was ahead of her time. She was a suffragist, an abolitionist, held regular seances in her home, and lived in a utopian community. And in Riverside, California, she was also considered the unofficial queen of the orange industry. As local legend has it, every navel orange tree in the Golden state can be traced back to cuttings from the two parent trees in Eliza’s front yard. This is the little known story of how an amateur farmer with utopian dreams launched an entire industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Oxo's good grips handle is unique. It's easy to hold in control no matter the hand.

0:06.0

Now it doesn't exactly win beauty pageants, but Karen Schnauwar, who heads up branding for Oxo thinks the

0:12.3

handles beauty is more than skin deep.

0:14.8

And it's the kind of beauty that, you know, when you realize how beneficial it is and how great

0:19.4

it feels in your hand, it grows on you.

0:21.8

Because when you realize something is designed beautifully

0:24.1

it starts to look incredibly attractive. You could say the same thing for humans if you

0:28.6

love someone's personality they're more and more and more attractive to you.

0:31.6

Fall in love with your kitchen tools.

0:34.3

Shop all products at oxo.com.

0:36.8

That's oXo.com.

0:38.8

Oxo, better guaranteed.

0:49.0

Hey thanks to our presenting sponsor Bob's Red Mill. Stay tuned at the break for their quiz.

1:02.0

By most accounts, Eliza Tibbets had led a pretty colorful life. Born in Cincinnati in 1823, she had lived in a utopian community in Virginia,

1:07.0

held regular seances in her home to contact the dead,

1:11.0

and at one point had been married to a steamboat captain.

1:14.5

In the 1860s, Eliza marched in Washington, D.C. for abolition and women's suffrage.

1:20.4

She was considered somewhat of a trendsetter. Eliza modeled her style after England's Queen Victoria,

1:26.0

the ringlets in her hair,

1:28.0

high lace collars, the brooch, the whole package.

1:32.0

In the 1870s, Eliza now married to her third husband Luther

1:36.7

moved from DC to Riverside, California, a small community about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. They look for crops to grow.

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