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Byline: Susan Salisbury
Jul. 30--Canker came calling this week at one of Palm Beach County's last two remaining citrus groves.
A single infected grapefruit tree was found at the northeast edge of Callery-Judge Grove near Loxahatchee and burned Friday.
"The good news is they found it before it gets spread again," said Nat Roberts, general manager of Callery-Judge. "The terrible news is it is in our grove."
Roberts estimated Friday that the grove, with under half a million trees, will lose anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 trees. Florida law requires all citrus trees within 1,900 feet of an infected tree to be removed.
The infection in …