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Riverside Rallies to Save Original Orange Tree

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In Riverside, an iconic 140-year-old navel orange tree is being threatened by a tiny, winged pest -- the Asian Citrus Psyllid. The Eliza Tibbets Tree is a remnant of the early days of California's $2 billion-a-year citrus industry, so locals are going all out in an effort to protect it.

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