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BumRushDaShow

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9. I think most of the domestic juice oranges are grown in FL
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:32 AM
Jul 22

where CA has more of the eating (out of hand) types. Between the tariffs and the weather, if some hurricane hits FL citrus country and tears through those trees, all bets are off.

Back in 2004, FL got hit with 4 hurricanes & a tropical storm -



One of them - Charley - tore through a number of citrus groves. It's bad enough that they are often hit with freak frosts and freezes on occasion, although oranges are more cold hardy then fruit like limes (that are mainly grown in the far south of the state).

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