At Riverside I learned that the leaf of the orange tree was larger when it first came out than later.

It grows smaller as it matures.

And most people say that the fig tree has no blossom, the fruit coming right out of the branch.

But there is a blossom, and you have to cut the fruit open to find it.

Just split a young fig in two and notice the perfect blossom in the centre.
They say it takes two Eastern men to believe a Californian, but it only takes one Eastern woman to tell true stories which do seem almost too big for belief.