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CITRUS 1997-98 SUMMARY
PRODUCTION, PRICE, AND VALUE
PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES AND PER TREE
September 23, 1998

Florida Agricultural Statistics Service   |  1222 Woodward Street   |  Orlando, Florida 32803   |  407 / 648-6013


FLORIDA CITRUS: Production, utilization, season average on-tree
price and value for the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons
Fruit type Crop
year 		Produc-
tion 		Crop utilization On-tree
Fresh
use 		Proces-
sing 		Price
per box 		Value of
production
1,000 1-3/5 bushel boxes Dollars 1,000 dol.
Early-Midseason
    Oranges 		1996-97 134,200 7,181 127,019 3.18 427,344
1997-98 140,000 7,635 132,365 2.48 347,250
Valencia
    Oranges 		1996-97 92,000 3,515 88,485 4.07 374,000
1997-98 104,000 3,596 100,404 5.14 534,192
All Oranges 1996-97 226,200 10,696 215,504 3.54 801,344
1997-98 244,000 11,231 232,769 3.61 881,442
Seedy
    Grapefruit 		1996-97 900 -- 900 0.13 117
1997-98 650 -- 650 -0.30 -195
White Seedless
    Grapefruit 		1996-97 23,5001/ 5,664 17,836 1.18 27,839
1997-98 18,3002/ 4,834 13,466 0.52 9,444
Colored Seedless
    Grapefruit 		1996-97 31,4001/ 17,573 13,827 1.91 60,053
1997-98 30,6003/ 16,371 14,229 0.86 26,452
All Grapefruit 1996-97 55,800 23,237 32,563 1.58 88,009
1997-98 49,550 21,205 28,345 0.72 35,701
Temples 1996-97 2,400 555 1,845 3.22 7,723
1997-98 2,250 566 1,684 2.84 6,393
Tangelos 1996-97 3,950 1,032 2,918 2.19 8,645
1997-98 2,850 913 1,937 1.49 4,258
K-Early Citrus 1996-97 150 57 93 1.40 210
1997-98 40 30 10 -1.45 -58
Early Tangerines4/ 1996-97 4,500 2,713 1,787 6.28 28,260
1997-98 3,200 2,060 1,140 6.71 21,458
Honey Tangerines 1996-97 1,800 1,044 756 12.18 21,929
1997-98 2,000 1,368 632 11.16 22,319
All Tangerines 1996-97 6,300 3,757 2,543 7.99 50,343
1997-98 5,200 3,428 1,772 8.41 43,736
Limes 1996-97 320 255 65 6.93 2,216
1997-98 440 330 110 5.02 2,210
Lemons 1996-97 195 -- -- 10.30 2,006
1997-98 120 -- -- 6.55 787
All Citrus 1996-97 295,315 -- -- -- 960,496
1997-98 304,450 -- -- -- 974,469
1/ Excludes 3.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
2/ Excludes 5.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
3/ Excludes 1.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
4/ Robinson, Fallglo, Sunburst, and Dancy varieties.


PRODUCTION AND VALUE

    Preliminary on-tree value of the 1997-98 citrus crop at $974.5 million is 1.5 percent higher than the previous season's $960.5, revised down from $1.0 billion. Total production surpassed 304 million boxes and was three percent greater than 1996-97's record crop. Production of grapefruit and most of the spe cialty varieties was down. Orange varieties showed the largest gains and smaller increases were noted for limes and honey tangerines.

    Record high production for early-midseason and Valencia oranges was coupled with the lowest early-mid price per box since 1976-77 and a Valencia price near the average for the 1990's. Over 95 percent of the oranges were processed. The Navel orange crop of 6.3 million boxes is second only to the 1996-97 season crop of 6.4 million boxes but the price is the lowest in a series dating to 1981-82.

    Revised 1996-97 seedless grapefruit prices are higher but the seedy price is lower. Prelimi nary prices for 1997-98 have fallen 50 percent or more. This is the smallest seedy crop recorded and the white seedless is the smallest non- freeze year crop since 1968-69. Fresh utilization was 43 percent of the crop. Utilization for pro cessing was the lowest since the 1991-92 season.

    Production, price per box, and value were down for Temples, tangelos, K-Early Citrus, and lemons. Lime production increased for the fourth consecutive season. Production of honey tanger ines was up 10 percent with a lower price. The early tangerine crop was down nearly 30 percent with a higher price. These combined for a smaller all tangerine crop with a price up five percent.

    Prices for the 1997-98 season are prelimi nary and will be revised next September when the results of all participation plans and pools become final. Revised prices are shown for 1996-97.

    The table on page 8 shows a breakdown of citrus prices for all fruit types by fresh and processed usage for 1997-98 and the two previous seasons.


Florida Citrus: Production by counties, areas, and types, 1997-98
County
and area 		All
Citrus 1 		Round Oranges Grapefruit
Early and
midseason 		Late
(Valencia) 		All White
Seedless 2 		Colored
Seedless 3 		Seedy All
1,000 boxes
Brevard 2,490 1,003 784 1,787 154 437 12 603
Charlotte 5,633 2,084 2,491 4,575 85 792 - 877
Collier 11,313 4,940 4,814 9,754 244 1,047 - 1,291
DeSoto 29,877 15,003 13,956 28,959 195 240 72 507
Glades 3,203 1,913 1,034 2,947 7 176 - 183
Hardee 23,681 17,076 5,809 22,885 117 253 19 389
Hendry 31,633 13,528 13,623 27,151 1,040 2,626 - 3,666
Hernando 431 410 4 414 - 5 - 5
Highlands 31,605 12,001 16,818 28,819 896 410 113 1,419
Hillsborough 11,935 8,900 2,363 11,263 104 218 24 346
Indian River 20,437 3,942 3,382 7,324 5,167 7,518 16 12,701
Lake 7,097 5,333 706 6,039 51 292 10 353
Lee 3,709 1,548 1,700 3,248 82 329 - 411
Manatee 9,961 6,127 3,069 9,196 211 227 81 519
Marion 343 290 16 306 1 8 - 9
Martin 14,271 4,840 7,462 12,302 1,184 471 - 1,655
Okeechobee 3,469 1,893 1,048 2,941 243 220 - 463
Orange 3,407 2,339 783 3,122 7 55 6 68
Osceola 6,933 4,207 1,720 5,927 370 362 4 736
Palm Beach 3,595 1,521 770 2,291 346 459 - 805
Pasco 4,921 4,128 639 4,767 21 43 3 67
Polk 40,350 20,637 13,990 34,627 1,681 1,525 214 3,420
St. Lucie 31,646 5,267 6,564 11,831 5,999 12,658 70 18,727
Sarasota 912 376 282 658 70 156 1 227
Seminole 430 322 74 396 - 8 - 8
Volusia 408 268 61 329 22 45 2 69
Other 5 200 104 38 142 3 20 3 26
Total 303,890 140,000 104,000 244,000 18,300 30,600 650 49,550
Indian River 58,519 10,900 12,400 23,300 12,100 21,300 100 33,500
Northern 16,952 13,089 2,234 15,323 81 424 19 524
Central 78,416 36,511 32,466 68,977 2,919 2,276 331 5,526
Western 76,424 47,500 25,500 73,000 700 1,100 200 2,000
Southern 73,579 32,000 31,400 63,400 2,500 5,500 - 8,000
Total 303,890 140,000 104,000 244,000 18,300 30,600 650 49,550
1 Excludes limes and lemons.
2 Excludes 5.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
3 Excludes 1.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.

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Florida Citrus: Production by counties, areas, and types, 1997-98 (cont.)
Tangerines Temples Tangelos K-Early
Citrus
Early 4 Honey All
1,000 boxes
45 4 49 19 31 1
92 33 125 28 28 -
78 110 188 54 26 -
141 88 229 25 154 3
11 58 69 - 4 -
140 105 245 23 139 -
131 404 535 190 91 -
6 - 6 - 6 -
370 179 549 560 258 -
62 128 190 25 109 2
90 71 161 90 161 -
359 25 384 21 279 21
22 11 33 5 12 -
24 53 77 32 137 -
23 - 23 - 4 1
35 29 64 162 88 -
10 21 31 20 14 -
102 15 117 25 75 -
76 20 96 94 77 3
34 149 183 272 44 -
34 14 48 14 25 -
1,061 278 1,339 242 713 9
217 198 415 338 335 -
3 3 6 9 12 -
9 1 10 - 16 -
3 1 4 - 6 -
22 2 24 2 6 -
3,200 2,000 5,200 2,250 2,850 40
359 275 634 512 572 1
558 56 614 60 409 22
1,500 467 1,967 893 1,041 12
370 378 748 116 555 5
413 824 1,237 669 273 -
3,200 2,000 5,200 2,250 2,850 40
4 Fallglo, Sunburst, Robinson, and Dancy varieties.
5 Broward, Citrus, Flagler, Pinellas, Putnam, and Sumter.

PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES

    Production decreases of less than 10 percent occurred in the Indian River and Southern areas. Production gains were recorded in the other three areas ranging from eight percent for the Western to 52 percent for the Northern area. With over 40 million boxes, Polk County continues as the top citrus producing county. The next three - St. Lucie, Hendry, and Highlands - each contributed 31.6 million boxes. These four counties accounted for 45 percent of the State's total production. While total production in the "Gulf Citrus" area counties of Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee was down nine percent from the previous season, the area produced over 55 million boxes or 18 percent of the State's total crop.

    Polk County orange production increased nearly 19 percent and captured the lead with 34.6 million boxes. De Soto and Highlands counties each produced almost 29 million boxes. With a 10 percent decline in production, Hendry County fell to fourth place with 27.2 million boxes. Hardee County remains fifth with 22.9 million boxes.

    Grapefruit production is centered in St. Lucie and Indian River counties. Even with smaller crops this season, together they account for 31.4 million boxes, or over 63 percent of the State total. The largest crops outside the Indian River District came from Hendry (3.7 million boxes) and Polk (3.4 million boxes).

    Estimates of county production are prepared from objective survey data used in forecasting citrus crop production. The apportionment of final harvest to the counties is based on bearing trees from the biennial Commercial Citrus Inventory; the limb count survey, which provides an estimate of the average fruit per tree; and the drop and size surveys, which provide estimates of the amount of fruit on the tree available at harvest, and the size of the fruit at that time. The size of the samples used in these surveys and the distribution of the sample groves around the state are chosen to minimize the error in the state level forecast of production. For this reason, county estimates of production are not to be considered as accurate as state or area level estimates.

map: Florida citrus production areas

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BOXES OF FRUIT PER TREE

    The Florida Agricultural Statistics Service conducts objective surveys to determine fruit per tree, average sizes, and droppage between August and maturity. These data are used to estimate production per tree for each of four types of citrus fruit, as shown in the following tables.

    The estimates of production per tree are based on official end-of-season production estimates and the number of bearing trees indicated by the citrus tree inventory surveys. The averages of boxes per tree for age groups shown are calculated from estimates of fruit per tree in August, size at maturity, and drop between August and maturity.

    Additionally, the boxes are subdivided by production areas. Estimated boxes by types and age groups are weighted averages of the indicated seasons. Small sample sizes in some age/area cells and rounding may contribute to inconsistant averages.

FLORIDA CITRUS: Estimated boxes of fruit per tree by age groups and
production areas, 1993-94 through 1997-98
Fruit
type
and
season 		Area Age of trees Average,
weighted by
bearing
trees
3 - 5
years 		6 - 8
years 		9 - 13
years 		14 - 23
years 		24 years
and older
- - - Boxes per tree - - -
EARLY AND MIDSEASON ORANGES: (Includes Navels)
        
    1993-94 State 1.4 3.2 3.8 4.5 5.2 3.32
    Indian River 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.26
    Northern & Central 1.1 2.6 3.9 6.4 6.2 3.13
    Western 1.5 3.8 4.6 5.3 6.6 4.39
    Southern 1.6 3.4 3.8 3.3 4.4 2.94
    1994-95 State 1.2 3.1 4.1 4.6 5.2 3.26
    Indian River 0.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 3.6 2.41
    Northern & Central 1.1 3.0 3.9 6.3 5.8 3.01
    Western 2.1 3.7 4.3 5.3 6.3 4.30
    Southern 1.0 3.0 4.9 4.1 4.4 2.91
    1995-96 State 1.3 2.9 3.8 4.1 4.9 3.11
    Indian River 0.5 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.09
    Northern & Central 1.6 2.7 3.7 5.7 6.7 3.17
    Western 1.1 3.6 3.8 4.4 5.6 3.75
    Southern 1.3 2.8 4.2 3.9 3.9 2.88
    1996-97 State 1.3 2.8 3.7 5.1 5.3 3.33
    Indian River 1.0 1.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.45
    Northern & Central 1.5 2.5 3.4 5.8 6.1 3.09
    Western 0.9 3.5 4.4 6.1 6.5 4.31
    Southern 1.4 2.9 3.4 4.7 4.4 3.05
    1997-98 State 1.3 2.7 3.8 4.8 5.3 3.51
    Indian River 0.9 1.3 2.7 3.4 2.7 2.32
    Northern & Central 1.4 3.1 4.2 6.3 7.6 3.97
    Western 1.5 3.6 4.2 5.6 6.1 4.46
    Southern 1.1 1.9 3.4 3.6 3.6 2.65
Average State 1.30 2.93 3.82 4.65 5.19 3.31
    Indian River 0.85 1.95 2.60 2.87 2.94 2.31
    Northern & Central 1.34 2.81 3.83 6.07 6.45 3.29
    Western 1.43 3.64 4.26 6.39 6.21 4.24
    Southern 1.31 2.76 3.82 3.95 4.12 2.88


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FLORIDA CITRUS: Estimated boxes of fruit per tree by age groups and
production areas, 1993-94 through 1997-98
Fruit
type
and
season 		Area Age of trees Average,
weighted by
bearing
trees
3 - 5
years 		6 - 8
years 		9 - 13
years 		14 - 23
years 		24 years
and older
- - - Boxes per tree - - -
LATE (VALENCIAS) ORANGES:
        
    1993-94 State 1.0 2.0 2.7 3.5 4.0 2.28
    Indian River 0.6 1.0 2.5 2.1 2.2 1.61
    Northern & Central 0.7 2.2 3.0 6.3 6.2 3.09
    Western 1.0 2.3 3.5 2.9 4.6 2.72
    Southern 1.2 2.0 2.3 3.0 2.6 1.83
    1994-95 State 1.4 2.7 2.5 3.6 4.2 2.56
    Indian River 0.9 1.6 2.2 2.1 3.0 1.98
    Northern & Central 1.4 2.4 2.2 5.4 5.3 2.88
    Western 2.0 3.3 3.1 3.5 4.4 3.21
    Southern 1.2 2.9 2.4 3.3 3.9 2.31
    1995-96 State 1.2 2.0 2.5 3.2 4.0 2.26
    Indian River 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.47
    Northern & Central 1.2 2.4 3.2 4.6 6.4 3.03
    Western 1.8 2.3 3.1 3.2 4.3 2.81
    Southern 1.0 2.0 2.1 3.1 2.9 1.81
    1996-97 State 1.1 2.3 2.5 3.3 4.2 2.41
    Indian River 0.5 1.4 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.00
    Northern & Central 1.2 2.2 2.4 4.0 5.7 2.74
    Western 0.9 3.0 3.0 3.8 4.2 2.93
    Southern 1.2 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.7 2.12
    1997-98 State 1.1 2.2 2.6 3.8 4.9 2.69
    Indian River 1.0 1.7 2.1 2.2 3.2 2.14
    Northern & Central 1.1 2.4 3.1 5.1 7.1 3.40
    Western 1.5 3.9 3.1 4.2 4.9 3.59
    Southern 0.9 1.6 2.3 3.5 3.7 2.01
Average State 1.14 2.23 2.54 3.49 4.26 2.45
    Indian River 0.77 1.39 2.25 2.14 2.67 1.85
    Northern & Central 1.11 2.34 2.80 4.97 6.13 3.03
    Western 1.48 3.03 3.13 3.50 4.47 3.07
    Southern 1.13 2.10 2.28 3.19 3.36 2.02


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FLORIDA CITRUS: Estimated boxes of fruit per tree by age groups and
production areas, 1993-94 through 1997-98
Fruit
type
and
season 		Area Age of trees Average,
weighted by
bearing
trees
3 - 5
years 		6 - 8
years 		9 - 13
years 		14 - 23
years 		24 years
and older
     - - - Boxes per tree - - -
WHITE SEEDLESS GRAPEFRUIT:
        
    1993-94 State 2.2 3.6 4.4 6.6 6.7 5.38
    Indian River 2.1 2.7 3.3 4.9 6.0 4.68
    Northern & Central 1.7 5.2 7.3 11.2 14.2 8.62
    Western 3.4 3.4 16.0 9.1 10.4 8.40
    Southern 3.0 2.8 4.7 8.3 6.1 5.66
    1994-95 State 3.2 2.5 5.2 7.1 6.4 5.32
    Indian River 3.0 2.1 5.0 7.3 6.1 5.20
    Northern & Central 2.6 2.2 8.0 8.1 10.2 6.17
    Western 8.9 9.3 12.0 4.0 10.9 8.96
    Southern 4.1 1.6 3.6 6.4 4.8 4.68
    1995-96 State 2.0 4.3 3.5 6.3 5.7 4.60
    Indian River 2.1 4.5 3.7 4.6 4.8 4.08
    Northern & Central 1.2 4.4 3.8 13.1 13.8 7.20
    Western 6.1 4.7 2.7 8.3 6.6 6.38
    Southern 1.9 3.5 3.0 7.3 6.0 4.61
    1996-97 1/ State 2.0 4.3 2.9 5.9 5.8 4.55
    Indian River 1.1 4.3 2.8 4.7 5.4 4.32
    Northern & Central 2.3 5.4 4.1 10.3 9.4 6.06
    Western 6.0 3.1 1.6 9.3 7.1 6.16
    Southern 3.3 3.7 1.9 6.9 4.5 4.19
    1997-98 2/ State` 1.3 3.3 4.1 6.3 4.2 3.74
    Indian River 0.8 3.2 4.1 6.1 3.9 3.53
    Northern & Central 0.9 3.4 4.7 10.0 9.2 5.59
    Western 6.8 6.8 6.8 8.2 6.1 6.61
    Southern 2.3 3.6 1.8 2.0 3.3 3.04
Average State 2.24 3.79 4.00 6.47 5.72 4.71
    Indian River 2.01 3.76 3.81 5.52 5.23 4.35
    Northern & Central 1.77 4.04 5.08 10.51 11.38 6.69
    Western 6.11 5.62 4.72 7.60 8.25 7.27
    Southern 2.95 3.42 3.03 6.95 4.95 4.43
1/ Excludes 3.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
2/ Excludes 5.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.


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FLORIDA CITRUS: Estimated boxes of fruit per tree by age groups and
production areas, 1993-94 through 1997-98
Fruit
type
and
season 		Area Age of trees Average,
weighted by
bearing
trees
3 - 5
years 		6 - 8
years 		9 - 13
years 		14 - 23
years 		24 years
and older
     - - - Boxes per tree - - -
COLORED SEEDLESS GRAPEFRUIT:
        
    1993-94 State 2.3 3.7 4.6 4.6 5.4 3.88
    Indian River 1.8 2.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 3.36
    Northern & Central 2.1 3.8 3.8 7.6 11.6 4.44
    Western 3.3 6.0 4.4 5.5 10.0 5.42
    Southern 3.7 5.8 10.9 5.7 5.6 5.53
    1994-95 State 2.0 3.5 4.9 5.3 5.1 3.81
    Indian River 2.3 3.4 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.05
    Northern & Central 2.4 3.4 7.3 11.2 8.9 4.68
    Western 2.3 3.7 4.7 5.5 8.3 4.25
    Southern 1.4 3.9 3.3 5.3 3.1 2.68
    1995-96 1/ State 2.4 3.2 4.6 3.6 4.9 3.42
    Indian River 2.9 3.0 4.2 3.5 4.5 3.51
    Northern & Central 1.0 2.6 6.7 3.9 7.7 2.90
    Western 1.7 4.0 3.1 3.0 10.6 3.93
    Southern 2.1 4.0 6.2 4.6 4.7 3.26
    1996-97 2/ State 1.5 3.5 4.4 5.2 5.1 3.63
    Indian River 1.6 3.5 4.4 5.3 4.8 3.95
    Northern & Central 0.4 4.5 8.0 8.0 9.8 4.05
    Western 1.6 5.1 4.4 3.4 4.7 3.79
    Southern 1.6 2.4 3.4 3.9 5.0 2.52
    1997-98 3/ State 2.2 2.7 4.1 5.2 5.0 3.69
    Indian River 2.0 3.0 3.8 4.8 5.1 3.81
    Northern & Central 0.8 3.0 5.2 8.6 7.9 3.86
    Western 1.2 4.6 5.9 1.2 6.9 4.18
    Southern 3.4 1.9 4.0 8.3 2.6 3.22
Average State 2.04 3.25 4.48 4.79 5.11 3.68
    Indian River 2.12 3.15 4.21 4.62 4.80 3.74
    Northern & Central 1.30 3.39 6.11 7.83 9.18 3.92
    Western 2.12 4.57 4.81 3.80 8.14 4.28
    Southern 2.18 3.20 4.97 5.43 4.18 3.26
1/ Excludes 3.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.
2/ Excludes 1.0 million boxes of economic abandonment.


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FLORIDA CITRUS PRICES: Season average on-tree prices and equivalent returns per box received by growers,
by varieties and utilization from crop years 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 1/
Type-of fruit
by seasons 		Methods of sale Type of fruit
by seasons 		Methods of sale
Fresh Processing All Fresh Processing All
Dollars per box Dollars per box
  ORANGES:   GRAPEFRUIT:
      Navels       Seedy
1995-96 6.15 1.73 4.63 1995-96 2/ 1.73 1.73
1996-97 5.10 0.94 3.73 1996-97 2/ 0.13 0.13
1997-98 4.20 -0.46 2.61 1997-98 2/ -0.30 -0.30
      Early and Midseason (excluding Navels)       White Seedless
1995-96 3.55 3.56 3.56 1995-96 5.88 0.88 2.14
1996-97 3.60 3.14 3.15 1996-97 5.23 -0.10 1.18
1997-98 3.10 2.45 2.47 1997-98 5.38 -1.23 0.52
      Early and Midseason       Colored Seedless
1995-96 4.95 3.54 3.62 1995-96 2.96 -0.06 1.77
1996-97 4.50 3.11 3.18 1996-97 3.26 0.20 1.91
1997-98 3.70 2.41 2.48 1997-98 2.85 -1.42 0.86
      Valencias       All Grapefruit
1995-96 6.45 5.53 5.57 1995-96 3.71 0.51 1.93
1996-97 4.70 4.04 4.07 1996-97 3.74 0.03 1.58
1997-98 4.20 5.17 5.14 1997-98 3.43 -1.30 0.72
      All Oranges   TANGELOS
1995-96 5.46 4.35 4.40 1995-96 5.35 2.40 3.63
1996-97 4.57 3.49 3.54 1996-97 4.05 1.53 2.19
1997-98 3.86 3.60 3.61 1997-98 3.90 0.36 1.49
  TANGERINES:
      Early 3/   K-EARLY CITRUS FRUIT
1995-96 14.85 1.29 10.76 1995-96 5.25 0.40 2.28
1996-97 9.85 0.86 6.28 1996-97 3.85 -0.10 1.40
1997-98 10.40 0.03 6.71 1997-98 -1.90 -0.10 -1.45
      Honey   LEMONS
1995-96 20.25 3.33 15.16 1995-96 -- -- 8.25
1996-97 20.15 1.18 12.18 1996-97 -- -- 10.30
1997-98 15.70 1.33 11.16 1997-98 -- -- 6.55
      All Tangerines   LIMES
1995-96 17.15 2.01 12.59 1995-96 10.60 -2.17 8.05
1996-97 12.75 0.96 7.99 1996-97 9.50 -3.19 6.93
1997-98 12.50 0.50 8.41 1997-98 7.50 -2.41 5.02
  TEMPLES   LIMES Dollars per bushel
1995-96 5.55 3.91 4.44 1995-96 6.63 -1.36 5.03
1996-97 7.00 2.08 3.22 1996-97 5.94 -1.99 4.33
1997-98 4.60 2.25 2.84 1997-98 4.69 -1.51 3.14
1/ 1995-96 and 1996-97 revised to reflect final payments in cooperative and participation plans and changes in pick, haul and packing charges. 1997-98 preliminary price based on cash sales only.
2/ Fresh sales negligible.
3/ Robinson, Fallglo, Sunburst, and Dancy varieties.

BEARING TREES

    Tree numbers shown below are forecast trees of bearing age for the 1997-98 season. Total bearing trees decreased from the previous season for each of the fruit types listed except Valencia oranges.

Unidentified trees of bearing age are prorated to identified types by year in which set. Most of these are first year bearing trees which will be identified in the field during the next tree census.
FLORIDA ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT: Estimated trees of bearing age by age groups
and types, for the 1997-98 season
Fruit
type 		Year set Total
bearing
trees
1992-94 1989-91 1984-88 1974-83 1973
and earlier
- - - 1,000 trees - - -
Early-Mid Oranges (Includes Navels) 6,146 10,524 10,632 5,785 6,774 39,861
Valencia Oranges 7,072 12,277 9,048 4,072 6,257 38,726
White Seedless Grapefruit 706 1,219 325 436 2,202 4,888
Colored Seedless Grapefruit 1,627 2,220 1,583 1,598 1,258 8,286

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