Citrus growing in Florida still perseveres focuses on juice market
As has been reported for years now, Florida's citrus crop has been decreasing and things are not yet looking to be picking up. Centuries ago, growing and producing citrus began in Southeast Asia. The popularity caught on in Africa and slowly spread across Europe. By the time the Europeans started exploring and colonizing the world, citrus was all the rage.
Explorers and would-be conquerors brought them to the New World, where the Spanish seemed perfectly happy to grow a few oranges in La Florida for what they could eat. They were, of course, looking for real gold, not golden fruit. But when the British took over in the area, the idea of commercial orange production was given a go.
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