Statewide, cattle condition is mostly fair. Most of this week was dry, however, there were two or three days with significant rains and thunderstorms in most citrus growing counties. There is an abundance of new growth in all areas. There is also some late or shock bloom on those trees that had a poor February through April bloom. Most bearing trees produced regular bloom fruit and are making very good progress with help of the summer rains which started during the last half of June.
Most oranges are now golf ball size while grapefruit are nearly baseball size.
Temples, tangerines and tangelos are varying in sizes due to timing of their bloom, size of last year's crop and general grove care. Valencia harvest is down to the last of the few large crops. Caretakers are active cutting cover crops and herbiciding before the weeds grow up and into the trees. Summer sprays and fertilizations are being applied in all areas. Hedging and topping are active in most counties.