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Canker found in PBC's Callery-Judge grove.

The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL)

| July 30, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Palm Beach Post. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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 …

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