Canker quarantine

Quoted message said:

Officials with the US department of agriculture are looking into a
quarantine for citrus canker. The disease causes blemishes and prompts
the fruit to drop too early. A quarantine would mean no fresh citrus
could be shipped to another citrus producing state, like California or
Texas. Fresh fruit has a large economic impact because growers receive
higher profits for fresh fruit. Florida officials are traveling
to the capitol this week to discuss the possible quarantine.
Check out the video about this subject:

Florida mostly produces juice oranges, so this
shouldn't impact them too badly. California
mostly produces "table" oranges (oranges sold
as fruit), so we'd be hit much harder.

Are Szechuan peppercorns back? They might be
going away again.

Mark Thorson said:

Are Szechuan peppercorns back? They might be
going away again.

Supposedly, heating Szechuan peppercorns to just over 140 deg F
completely kills the citrus canker. OTOH, we know how good our govt
is at keeping illegals out. Not!

nb

notbob said:

Mark Thorson said:

Are Szechuan peppercorns back? They might be
going away again.

Supposedly, heating Szechuan peppercorns to just over 140 deg F
completely kills the citrus canker. OTOH, we know how good our govt
is at keeping illegals out. Not!

nb

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Mark Thorson said:

Florida mostly produces juice oranges, so this
shouldn't impact them too badly. California
mostly produces "table" oranges (oranges sold
as fruit), so we'd be hit much harder.

The ones who will suffer will be in Arizona. Arizona still produces
oranges, but not in nearly the quantity it used to. Prices are going
to go through the roof if this happens.

Cheaper to find the cankerous trees and deal with them.

--Blair