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Dozens of green damaged citrus on the ground

"If you don't get it off the tree you've got to put it through your processing plant, wash it, wax it, and then throw it out,"
Mr Roth explained.

A man in a hat and blue work shirt standing with fruit trees

A man in a hat looking at green fruit on a tree

Hands holding green fruit with chunks missing

"In this more humid climate having netting in place would increase disease pressure. We need the air flow coming through."
A man in a hat and orange shirt with fruit trees behind

"At the end of the day, it just sucks for the people that have been hit and you don't wish this on anyone."

Two damaged green oranges with others scattered in the background and a man's boots

"I was nearly thinking of ordering a bulldozer because I'm close to retirement and just putting the dozer through it,"
he said.

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