2012 - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2012 - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2012 - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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4 <strong>Florida</strong> Citrus Nursery Propagation<br />
Voluntary Registration since 1953<br />
M<strong>and</strong>atory Registration since 1997<br />
M<strong>and</strong>atory Greenhouse Production 2007<br />
Production <strong>2012</strong> 2011 2010 Number <strong>of</strong> Active Nurseries 47<br />
Increased Production 26 22 18 Number <strong>of</strong> New Participants 1<br />
Decreased Production 14 17 24 Propagations Increase By 805,723<br />
New or Resumed 7 3 3 Percent Increase 25.7%<br />
Did Not Propagate 2 6 2 Average Nursery Propagated<br />
*does not count three research agencies<br />
83,672*<br />
3.9 Million Nursery Propagations<br />
Sweet O.<br />
%<br />
Grapefruit<br />
%<br />
M<strong>and</strong>arin<br />
%<br />
Lemon/Lime<br />
%<br />
5 Nurseries propagated 42% <strong>of</strong> the trees 80.5 9.4 7.3 1.5<br />
10 Nurseries propagated 69% <strong>of</strong> the trees Type Number Increase/<br />
Decrease<br />
15 Nurseries propagated 79% <strong>of</strong> the trees Orange 3,172,966 +631,556<br />
The Most Popular<br />
Percent <strong>of</strong> total nursery production<br />
Grapefruit<br />
M<strong>and</strong>arin<br />
369,924<br />
287,778<br />
+140,742<br />
+43,329<br />
ORANGE HAMLIN 34.6% Lemon/Lime 58,929 +4,950<br />
GRAPEFRUIT RAY RUBY 4.6% Pummelo 7,351 -32,741<br />
MANDARIN ORRI 0.9% Other 44,101 +17,887<br />
ROOTSTOCK SWINGLE 37%<br />
6 to 12% <strong>of</strong> the propagations<br />
are made for the homeowner<br />
market (see page 21 )<br />
County that produces the most citrus<br />
nursery trees<br />
Percent produced<br />
in Polk 44%<br />
Polk<br />
Citrus Industry Acreage<br />
541,328 acres<br />
173,732,946 total number <strong>of</strong> registered propagations made since 1953<br />
963 total budwood participants 1953 - <strong>2012</strong><br />
4 Annual Report <strong>2012</strong> (FY 2011-<strong>2012</strong>) Bureau <strong>of</strong> Citrus Budwood Registration