Certainly one of the joys of living in the Rio Grande Valley is walking into your backyard and plucking a fresh orange or lemon from a tree. While citrus is a major Texas industry, and the climate is conducive to easily growing these fruits, commercial citrus growers are asking homeowners with these trees to help them in their decades-long war with the Mexican fruit fly. Texas Citrus Mutual has picked April 1 as a deadline for homeowners to pull all backyard fruit off the trees, either to eat or destroy. –The Monitor (McAllen) Read more…
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