date:Sep 29, 2020
As Florida nears the start of its grapefruit season, the crop looks solid and similar to last year in terms of size.
We had an extremely hot summer and spring and we had a lot of rainfall that contributed to extended bloom, says Dan Richey of Riverfront Packing Company in Vero Beach, FL. But thats still going to lead to good quality. There might be a bit more melanose on the fruit from the rain. But overall, were expecting a similarly sized crop as far as volume and the fruit size itself. Preli