tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54360569569234953.post-18512395846276805692007-10-30T14:07:00.000-04:002007-10-30T14:08:45.333-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e1UuhZm20sQ/RydzJ4eFFgI/AAAAAAAAAFA/iQqRtuZM_fk/s1600-h/SC_Oranges_med.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_e1UuhZm20sQ/RydzJ4eFFgI/AAAAAAAAAFA/iQqRtuZM_fk/s320/SC_Oranges_med.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127193314399163906" /></a><br />Citrus is Polk County's past. Much of the value of Polk was built upon citrus groves - and the picking and packing and processing that went with it.<br /><br />In recent times, freezes, canker and greening - not to mention the side effects of hurricanes - have done their best to make this an agribusiness whose time has passed us by.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14020853826621318339noreply@blogger.com