LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes ...
“At some point, this isn't going to be an orange grove anymore," Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. "You look around here, and it's ...
“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around ...
Today, nearly every citrus grove in Florida is infected with the disease. If an orange tree were to remain untreated, the disease would block its ability to get nutrients and kill it within a few ...
(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)(AP) “At some point, this isn't going to be an orange grove anymore," Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida.