Guys in Florida
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What's the matter with pink or red grapefruit? I personally prefer the pink over the white. They're sweeter and more flavorful in my opinion.
I wouldn't doubt that much of the crop is being shipped overseas for big money return.
I wouldn't doubt that much of the crop is being shipped overseas for big money return.
There is nothing like the taste of white grapefruit. The more color there is the less flavor
"About 90 percent of the fresh white grapefruit and juice sold in Japan comes from Florida,"
http://producenews.com/9-news-section/story-cat/4370-4124
Steve,
I have to agree, I don't see white grapefruit in the stores anymore. I still think white grapefruit has more of a tart flavor than pink, and I do like pink grapefruit over the ruby red variety.
I guess it's just a matter of taste preference.
I have to agree, I don't see white grapefruit in the stores anymore. I still think white grapefruit has more of a tart flavor than pink, and I do like pink grapefruit over the ruby red variety.
I guess it's just a matter of taste preference.
Corporate Food has been training the American palate for decades that sweet is good. Plus, monoculture has its risks. I didn't know the citrus industry had a big target painted on its crop. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...how-long-can-floridas-citrus-industry-survive I expect that growers seek out higher-profit markets in Japan to improve the margin being attacked on two fronts.
Jack is stashing them in the wagon. He's getting top dollar to get the cash for his 200-4R build.
How did you know that I was trying to corner the citrus futures market? I guess the word is out, no secrets being kept. Citrus greening has been taking a toll on the industry. Before that there was citrus canker. May not be any Florida citrus before long. I remember driving on the turnpike just north of Orlando surrounded by orange groves. The orange blossoms smelled great. They've been planted with pines, but you can still see a few of the old orange trees remain mixed in. No one harvests the oranges though.
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I did a google search on Jack's house to see about maybe organizing a covert team to extract the white grapefruit but it looks like Jack has his property fenced off with barbed wire with attack birds walking the perimeter.
Funny as hell, The attack birds are vultures... Actually I Grew up here, In Orlando all my 58 years.
I've seen every change you can think of. The area was full of orange groves and processing plants
up to the mid 80's. Then housing projects started to slowly push the groves out.
Citrus canker helped that a good bit too. I worked in commercial construction for many years during
the 1980's and saw first hand how the orange business worked. Huge tankers full of orange
juice concentrate in 55 gal barrels from BRAZIL would pull into port Canaveral to unload. this would take several
days and you could watch the ship rise out of the water 75 feet or more as the load was taken off
and stored in a large freezer warehouse until it was shipped to the processing plants in Florida.
All they had to do was mix 90% of that juice with 10% Florida orange juice and they could legally
market it as "Florida orange juice" . Sadly today most of these markets in Florida are long gone.
Nobody seems to care about all the citrus industry being gone.
Next time you buy orange juice look at what the container says about "made with xx % Brazilian concentrate".
I've seen every change you can think of. The area was full of orange groves and processing plants
up to the mid 80's. Then housing projects started to slowly push the groves out.
Citrus canker helped that a good bit too. I worked in commercial construction for many years during
the 1980's and saw first hand how the orange business worked. Huge tankers full of orange
juice concentrate in 55 gal barrels from BRAZIL would pull into port Canaveral to unload. this would take several
days and you could watch the ship rise out of the water 75 feet or more as the load was taken off
and stored in a large freezer warehouse until it was shipped to the processing plants in Florida.
All they had to do was mix 90% of that juice with 10% Florida orange juice and they could legally
market it as "Florida orange juice" . Sadly today most of these markets in Florida are long gone.
Nobody seems to care about all the citrus industry being gone.
Next time you buy orange juice look at what the container says about "made with xx % Brazilian concentrate".
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