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TROPICAL FRUIT
ACRES AND TREES
December 11, 2002

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


TROPICAL FRUIT INVENTORY

  The Florida Agricultural Statistics Service, in cooperation with the Avocado Administrative Committee, has completed an inventory of the State's tropical fruit acreage as of October 2002. Virtually all of the acreage is located in south Miami-Dade County with the remainder found in a number of adjacent southern counties.

AVOCADO ACREAGE INCREASES

  Florida's avocado acreage is up 6.2 percent from 6,288 acres reported in 2000 to 6,675 acres in 2002. Miami-Dade County's acreage increased 6.9 percent from 6,227 acres in 2000 to 6,656 acres in 2002. New plantings in Miami-Dade County in the two years since the 2000 survey total 426 acres. The decline in the older avocado acreage is due to normal attrition and general urbanization. Some new avocado groves have been planted on recently pushed lime acreage. Also, resets are being planted where undesired varieties have been removed.

LIME ACREAGE DECREASES

  Florida's lime acreage suffered a 67 percent reduction since 2000. Most of this loss is due to the infection and spread of citrus canker. There were 1,171 acres of limes in 2000 and currently there are 388 acres. No limes have been planted since 2000. The few remaining trees outside Miami-Dade are considered non- commercial.

MANGO ACREAGE DOWN

  Mango acreage has declined 24 percent from the 1,692 acres in 2000. As of October 2002, there are 1,286 acres remaining in Florida. Miami-Dade County has1,057 acres while the other areas have 229 acres. Only two acres of mangoes have been planted since 2000 in all counties.

LEMONS ALSO DECLINE

  Lemon acreage declined 17 percent over the past two years. In 2000 there were 979 acres, and now there are 809 acres. Only 19 acres have been planted in the past two years and virtually all of those trees were resets in existing older lemon groves.


TROPICAL FRUIT ACRES
Census
years 		Limes Lemons Avocados Mangos
1976 4,747 7,755 7,881 1,914
1978 4,844 5,541 9,028 1,764
1980 6,535 5,391 10,495 1,746
1982 7,489 3,296 11,612 2,228
1984 7,009 2,295 12,872 2,589
1986 7,165 1,460 11,849 2,722
1988 6,792 1,204 11,239 2,895
1990 6,647 1,048 9,078 2,759
1993 1/ 2,235 755 6,104 1,732
1994 3,186 754 6,141 1,880
1996 3,168 1,033 6,447 1,833
2000 1,171 979 6,288 1,692
2002 388 809 6,675 1,286
1/ The October 1992 survey was delayed until March 1993 to capture the effects of Hurricane Andrew in August 1992.

2002 Florida Tropical Fruit Inventory
All counties, acres and trees, by variety and year set
Year
Set 		Limes Lemons Avocados Mangos
Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees
Pre 1958 0 0 0 0 1,414 126,900 200 13,400
1958-67 11 1,900 50 10,000 314 32,700 61 5,100
1968-77 31 5,400 26 4,600 1,905 184,300 127 12,700
1978 0 0 1 100 139 16,000 15 1,400
1979 10 1,000 0 0 332 33,900 69 7,600
1980 33 4,500 0 0 458 52,200 49 5,400
1981 0 0 0 0 242 26,100 110 10,300
1982 0 0 0 0 123 12,100 55 4,100
1983 0 0 0 0 81 7,800 49 4,600
1984 0 0 0 0 12 1,300 59 6,900
1985 0 0 0 0 27 3,100 68 10,700
1986 0 0 17 3,200 19 2,300 43 5,000
1987 5 700 25 5,200 12 1,200 18 1,700
1988 9 1,500 31 6,000 1 100 36 4,200
1989 0 0 4 500 2 300 2 200
1990 0 0 39 8,200 1 100 7 1,000
1991 15 2,500 50 7,700 2 200 43 4,200
1992 20 3,300 33 5,700 11 1,400 23 2,800
1993 88 18,100 83 17,100 59 5,700 73 8,100
1994 129 21,800 100 21,300 281 26,900 82 9,600
1995 17 4,000 97 14,000 96 11,000 29 2,700
1996 2 300 126 18,300 225 22,200 31 3,400
1997 0 0 39 5,500 29 2,700 0 0
1998 8 1,500 10 1,600 83 7,800 15 1,000
1999 0 0 44 7,000 205 19,900 12 1,500
2000 10 1,000 15 2,500 176 17,500 8 900
2001 0 0 14 2,400 251 23,500 2 200
2002 0 0 5 800 175 16,800 0 0
Total 388 67,500 809 141,700 6,675 656,000 1,286 128,700

2002 Florida Tropical Fruit Inventory
Miami-Dade County, acres and trees, by variety and year set
Year
Set 		Limes Lemons Avocados Mangos
Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees
Pre 1958 0 0 0 0 1,414 126,900 169 11,600
1958-67 11 1,900 0 0 314 32,700 56 4,600
1968-77 31 5,400 0 0 1,905 184,300 95 9,600
1978 0 0 0 0 139 16,000 15 1,400
1979 10 1,000 0 0 332 33,900 69 7,600
1980 33 4,500 0 0 458 52,200 49 5,400
1981 0 0 0 0 242 26,100 77 8,100
1982 0 0 0 0 104 10,100 10 1,100
1983 0 0 0 0 81 7,800 49 4,600
1984 0 0 0 0 12 1,300 46 5,500
1985 0 0 0 0 27 3,100 67 10,600
1986 0 0 0 0 19 2,300 16 1,700
1987 5 700 0 0 12 1,200 17 1,600
1988 9 1,500 0 0 1 100 30 3,700
1989 0 0 0 0 2 300 2 200
1990 0 0 0 0 1 100 7 1,000
1991 15 2,500 0 0 2 200 16 1,100
1992 20 3,300 0 0 11 1,400 20 2,400
1993 88 18,100 0 0 59 5,700 73 8,100
1994 129 21,800 0 0 281 26,900 82 9,600
1995 17 4,000 0 0 96 11,000 29 2,700
1996 2 300 0 0 225 22,200 29 3,200
1997 0 0 0 0 29 2,700 0 0
1998 8 1,500 0 0 83 7,800 14 900
1999 0 0 0 0 205 19,900 12 1,500
2000 10 1,000 0 0 176 17,500 8 900
2001 0 0 0 0 251 23,500 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0 175 16,800 0 0
Total 388 67,500 0 0 6,656 654,000 1,057 108,700

2002 Florida Tropical Fruit Inventory
Other Counties, acres and trees, by variety and year set
Year
Set 		Limes Lemons Avocados Mangos
Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees Acres Trees
Pre 1958 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1,800
1958-67 0 0 50 10,000 0 0 5 500
1968-77 0 0 26 4,600 0 0 32 3,100
1978 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0
1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2,200
1982 0 0 0 0 19 2,000 45 3,000
1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1,400
1985 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100
1986 0 0 17 3,200 0 0 27 3,300
1987 0 0 25 5,200 0 0 1 100
1988 0 0 31 6,000 0 0 6 500
1989 0 0 4 500 0 0 0 0
1990 0 0 39 8,200 0 0 0 0
1991 0 0 50 7,700 0 0 27 3,100
1992 0 0 33 5,700 0 0 3 400
1993 0 0 83 17,100 0 0 0 0
1994 0 0 100 21,300 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 97 14,000 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 126 18,300 0 0 2 200
1997 0 0 39 5,500 0 0 0 0
1998 0 0 10 1,600 0 0 1 100
1999 0 0 44 7,000 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 15 2,500 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 14 2,400 0 0 2 200
2002 0 0 5 800 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 809 141,700 19 2,000 229 20,000


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