Orchard fruit
Oranges are really a 6-state story: California, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii. Hatched chalk is the early and late shoulder; the solid stretch is peak.
No chalk window in these states — no meaningful market production, so we'd rather say so than invent dates. Each page says where the supply really comes from.
Winter grove picking — clip fruit with a short stem stub so the peel does not tear.
Time the trip with the u-pick planner — it builds in the two-weeks-either-side honesty.
It depends where you stand. Oranges are really a 6-state story: California, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii. In most growing states the peak lands around December — your own state's row on the board above is the honest answer.
California, where the season runs early November to mid-May, and again mid-May to mid-October. Long seasons usually mean a big state with more than one growing region inside it.
Pick your state on the what's-in-season board (it remembers you), or jump to your state's row above — each one links to the full orange-and-state page.