In the fall, some of the chestnuts are turned into marrons glacé to be sold directly at the counter, while others are left in the cooking syrup and preserved so they can be sold in the following spring and summer.
But Orange, with its booming home sales and constant new construction, was buffered for years from shrinking student counts felt in other parts of the country.
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Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Sep. 2026
Legacy volume drops are heavily buffered by baseline take-or-pay cash guarantees.
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