Citrus canker was found in Orange County, Fla.
State agriculture inspectors confirmed the find at a 46-acre nursery, the first such discovery in that central Florida county, officials said. All of the nursery’s 1.1 million trees must be burned as a precaution, according to a statement released by Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Conner.
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