The woman in the dressing room at Talbots was adamant: Southerners make jelly from loquats. "That's all." At least she knew what I was talking about. Although the lovely, evergreen loquat tree is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Loquats recall an era when they — not avocados or oranges — were the marquee crop, a sign that Southern California was a ...

My son remembers climbing Grandma’s backyard fence to pick the loquats from a heavily laden branch of the neighbor’s tree. The neighbor planted the tree when I was a youngster, and I had watched it ...

My wife and I sped through the streets of Santa Ana, weaving down side streets and around double-parked cars, in search of the magic house. The one with all the loquats. Today, they’re the happiest ...

My wife and I sped through the streets of Santa Ana, weaving down side streets and around double-parked cars, in search of the magic house. The one with all the loquats. Late spring is when Southern ...