date:Dec 25, 2013
esh oranges 25 percent and tangerines, tangelos and other speciality varieties by 26 percent.
Fresh citrus represents a much smaller segment of the Florida citrus industry, dominated by juice processing, but it is particularly important in Polk County, the top producer of tangerines and tangelos and home to three of the state's 10 largest packinghouses in Dundee, Haines City and Lake Wales.
Most packinghouses didn't begin harvesting until the middle of October because this season's fruit was l