date:Dec 05, 2012
With the help of good weather, this year's Florida grapefruit season is on track to match production seen in the last few years. Though ample rains early in the season have caused sugar levels to dip slightly, growers expect brix levels to rebound.
The season started out normal, on a normal schedule, said Doug Bournique, executive vice president of the Indian River Citrus League. We'd been off-schedule for several years because of hurricanes in 2004 and 2005, so it took the trees a while to reb