Here in South Florida, our backyards overflow with ornamentals and edibles— we grow myriad plants for all cultures and tastes. Our horticultural paradise surely knows no bounds, or, so we think.Not that long ago, we all had citrus trees growing in our home gardens. We innocently ate sweet oranges, grapefruit and limes right off the tree and our sultry evenings were perfumed by the sweet scent of orange blossom. Citrus fruit was indeed one of our iconic backyard fruits, yet after a series of devastating plagues and government interventions, we are left citrus-less. As with the loss of the Jamaican tall coconut to lethal yellowing, we were left all the poorer.
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