Experts: Citrus trees should survive recent freezes

ABBEVILLE - Citrus trees that dropped leaves and fruit after the recent freeze should survive, according to LSU AgCenter horticulture experts. Dan Devenport, AgCenter horticulture agent in Vermilion and Lafayette parishes, said the sudden cold snap was a shock to citrus trees. Cold weather is usually preceded by gradually lowering temperatures that help plants become acclimated to winter, but this frigid air came after continuous weeks of warm weather.Devenport is enco