It’s Pixie Season in Ojai, California
Photographed by Nich McElroy1/15Ripe Ojai pixies in the Friend Ranch’s home orchard. In the month of April the town of Ojai is transformed by the sudden abundance of the citrus.
Photographed by Nich Hance McElroy2/15Pixies are picked entirely by hand. The variety was deliberately bred to be shorter than other citrus trees for ease and safety while harvesting.
Photographed by Nich McElroy3/15The Friend s packing house along highway 33 in Ojai sells fresh citrus, juice, and citrus honey.
Photographed by Nich McElroy4/15Ojai pixies ready to be harvested.
Photographed by Nich McElroy5/15Left: Tony Thacher, the fourth generation of citrus growers at Friend s Orchards in Ojai, sorting pixies at his family’s packing plant. Right: Kitty—the resident pest control at the family s citrus packing house—beside a crate of second rate citrus fruit. The equipment they use for sorting and packing citrus dates back to the 1970s.
