[yarddog]

I worked for a month at an orange packing house in Dundee, Florida. This was during Christmas while I was in college.

We mostly filled semi trailers with boxed oranges. One day a rail car was left at the siding and we filled it. I could not believe how much more a boxcar held than a trailer.

When I went home to the Florida Panhandle, my Uncle who owned an orange grove packed my car almost as full as that one.

[Romulus]

I miss my orange trees.

[goodtomato]

I live in central boon-dock Florida. It amazed me when I first saw semi truck trailers filled with oranges. Not the creates you describe, just loose oranges to the brim! This year, Irma knocked a lot off the trees which already had less production because of the greening problem. I see whole groves being ripped out and burned. Miles of sand. Sad.