write that down, you'll need to remember that
especially when you're screaming for your mimosas
a citrus disease that has killed millions of citrus trees
and cost growers billions of dollars across florida
has been detected in california and the illegal pickers
are all headed back to mexico by the truckload
despite the industry's best efforts to keep it at bay
the dirty, nasty mold is growing like it's in a 9th grade
boys locker room
after a long week of testing the US department
of fruits and nuts has confirmed that the citrus greening
moldie and oldie was detected in a lemon-grapefruit
tree in a residential neighborhood of LA county
what the hell is a lemon-grapefruit...
add vodka and that doesn't sound half bad
shipments of citrus trees within a 5-mile radius of the tree
were shut down quicker that a lottery buyer picks numbers
the disease stands to threaten not only california's
nearly $2 billion citrus industry
but also the much treasured backyard trees
that many families count on for their lemons to add
to their beer and fish
'huanlongbing' is called the world's worst disease of citrus
it had been present until now in all of the world's major citrus
producing areas except california
but like everything else, it eventually comes to LA
the bacterial disease is carried by the asian citrus psyllid
which have their own website
these little buggers attack a tree's vascular system
producing bad fruit and eventually killing the tree
sap-sucking pysllid that feed on an infected tree
love citrus and always become carriers of the disease
it is not a threat to humans, unless the orange juice is mixed
with cheap champagne, then vomiting results
with very ugly results
there is no known pesticide that can stop this infestation
so the government has decided to outlaw cheap champagne
