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Article: Planting citrus is still risky business: Trees vulnerable to canker and an even deadlier disease.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2007
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Byline: Robin Benedick and Thomas Monnay
Sep. 2--The bloom may be over.
When the state ended its war on citrus canker in March 2006, homeowners whose trees had been chopped down rushed to replace their oranges, lemons and grapefruits. The demand was so strong it caused a temporary shortage.
But sales have since cooled and store stocks dwindled, and finding the trees is likely to get tougher still. The state is imposing expensive new requirements for nurseries that grow citrus. In addition, the trees still run the risk of getting canker, which blemishes the fruit, and a deadlier new disease, greening, that kills the trees.
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