Donaldson might just be the last branch keeping Florida’s orange juice flowing. When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched ...
Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered from above. “Just healthy leaves,” he said, noting the dark green color.
The Donaldson orange tree, first planted 30 years ago in Groveland, Florida, may help to secure a plentiful supply of fruit juice thanks to its immunity to a pathogen that's ravaging orchards. In fact ...
GROVELAND, Fla. — There may finally be some hope for Florida’s citrus industry. United States Department of Agriculture scientists have discovered a tree that may be resistant to citrus greening. The ...
Citrus growers in Florida are facing some of the toughest challenges yet with their crops. Last year, the citrus industry’s crop was one of the smallest since World War II, due to a bacterial disease ...
When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched groves. But for two decades, the state’s citrus industry has been under siege by a ...