Various types of blossoms fill the California Central Valley, March 14.

For 31 years, Fresno County Blossom Trail provides a place where the public can visit local orchards to see blooming blossoms on almond, plum, apricot, nectarine, peach, apple and citrus trees.

This 62-mile loop drive covers seven different cities: Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Reedley, Kingsburg, Orange Cove and Selma. Along the drive, people can take photos and eat at Blossom Trail Cafe.

California is one of the leading agricultural states in the U.S. with over one-third of the vegetables and two-thirds of the nuts and fruits come from the sate. With a majority of America’s food coming from the local farm grounds, blossoms can be found all across the valley during the late winter and early spring season. In the Fresno County Blossom Trail area alone, there are  1.1 million acres of almonds trees and 270,000 orange trees.

Blossoms start to apprear anywhere from the middle of Feb. to March. After the flowers fall from the trees, making a colorful blanket of pedals on the ground, the trees begin to grow their produce. The average nut and fruit tree ripens early fall.

To learn how to identify blossoms, check out Fresno County Blossom Trail.

Fun fact: approximately one million acress of almond trees cover the state.

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