Citrus farming a risky business
The history of Florida citrus shows high profits and deep failures as growers faced insects drought frost and market shifts. From the Great Freeze of 1894 95 to 1980s land competition and southward expansion, techniques to beat cold evolved from bonfires and smudge pots to frost warnings and wind machines.
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