Florida Citrus, Where Has it Gone?
August 23rd, 2006 by tisnerFlorida Citrus, Where Has it Gone?
In the Orlando area, the answer is certainly "yes." Here are the citrus figures in the 4-county metro Orlando area from the August 18th edition of The Orlando Sentinel.
Rankings are based on 30 Florida counties. Osceola County: 13,804 acres of citrus, ranked 14th; 1,594,000 trees, ranked 15th. Lake County: 17,486 acres of citrus, ranked 13th; 2,415,000 trees, ranked 12th. Orange County: 5,594 acres of citrus, ranked 20th; 666,400 trees, ranked 20th. and, the big winner, Polk County, 95,050 acres, ranked #1; and 11,147,100 trees, 2nd in rank.
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