In which years did the Great Florida Freeze happen?
(Loading Oranges, FL, ca. 1909. Credit: Historical Museum of Southern Florida.)
Although, Citrus Canker, played a big role in devastating much of orange groves in South Florida 1913, an earlier disastrous freeze, the Great Freeze of ______ - _______, brought squarely into the foreground the problem of cold protection and resulted in a spread of the citrus industry to more southern parts of Florida.
Q. In which years did the Great Florida Freeze happen?
A. 1894 – 1895
Posted at 06:00 AM on May 13, 2010 in History Question of the Week | Permalink


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