Dawn Deegan's Real Estate (mostly) Blog

So many areas here in Central Florida were once lush and profitable Citrus Groves. Yet, they began declining, brought on by a period of ruthless freezes from 1977-1989. Unfortunately, the citrus decline continues throughout the state.  The past 5 years has shown a 53% decline in grove output. A lot of this is due to the citrus disease known as Greening  (think of it as a hardening of the arteries process, in a tree),  brought on by an insect: the  Asian citrus psyllid. B ut other environmental factors such as hurricanes, have had some impact, as well. Meanwhile, Brazil's citrus output is up 55% this year alone. Scientists are busy trying to create the perfect genetically engineered orange, perhaps ready as early as 2022. This year's crop will be the lowest output since the 1940s – when a major freeze happened. This year, Greening can be blamed. All things change, undoubtedly.  After all, some our most beautiful Greater Orlando communiti...