The Palm Beach Post, May 01, 2006

This is kind of scary. Seems this will reinfest the entire state...

Laaz, it probably will not RE-infest the entire state, as the state is already infested. - Millet

This is sad for those guys in Florida. Now I understand why California has all of these crazy import laws. I can't even imagine not being able to plant a tree.

I feel sad for the Florida Citrus industry. I currently have 76 different varieties growing in Colorado, a state without any citrus diseases of any kind. I would be afraid to order a tree from a Florida supplier, as all it would take is just one infected tree, to spread canker or worse thoughout the trees inside my greenhouse. I'll never order another tree from Florida. I see now that Florida has been barred from even shipping fresh citrus fruit for human consumption, to other states that are citrus producers. We can only hope for a cure to some of Florida's problems. - Millet

That may be why I have seen an increase in Florida juice commercials? Is Florida going to turn into a strictly juice growing state? I know when I see a bag of fruit in the store and it has bad looking fruit I just move on.. I don't even want to take the risk of bringing home "bad" fruit.. We might have to go to a juice only house till my trees are producing.. *UGH* I was never super picky about how the fruit looked before.. I mean it could be imperfect and I wouldn't mind.. now I never buy bag.. I have to inspect every fruit I buy.. Slim chance as it may be.. I have too much invested to loose my trees because I brought home bad fruit..
Might have to go to strictly TANG.. LOL No chances there..
So very very sad...
Gina *BabyBlue*

So perhaps, Florida can freely import citrus budwoods from other states now?

One would think so, but it appears that the quarantine is still in effect and states that:

"Citrus can be replanted in citrus canker quarantine areas, but must be purchased from certified nurseries that are registered with the state."

I have just been reading about this and it appears that Citrus Canker has apparently been eradicated in Florida 3 or 4 times since the early 1900's. Industry experts assess that the recent batch of horrible hurricane seasons have spread the disease so much that that focus has shifted from Eradication to Management. USDA has now pulled all eradication Funding and just announced increased compensation funding of $100+ million for destroying private and commercial citrus.

I can't imagine having to destroy my trees and then every citrus tree within 1900ft of my tree. Thankfully for some that law isn't in effect any longer as of Jan 2006.

From all the reports that I have read Greening is much worse than canker. Fruit from trees with greening disease cannot even be used for juice.

Canker can't be spread from a fruit... can it!?? I thought it spreads from foliage only.

It spreads via fruit. Calamondins although can tolerate and survive canker, it carries the canker viruses in its fruits. It makes the fruits ugly.