We lived in Arizona and moved away for my husband to attend college and them jobs also took us out of the state. Visiting from California for the holidays we stopped and bought 40 lbs of navel oranges to take back with us. As we drove, we (two sons and mother and father) ate the oranges all the way back. We ate most of them.
We later moved Houston and then Canton, Ohio. I now order two of the big boxes of navel oranges for the holidays. They are to die for.
There is something in the soil in East Mesa that makes a difference. Having lived there, if you buy baby trees at the nursery and plant west of Mesa, they taste different than East Mesa. I know. My father planted citrus out about half way between Bush Hiway and Apache Junction. Looking forward to buying again his December.