diff -ruN -Xcvs/diff_ignore cvs/client/gui-gtk/citydlg.c test/client/gui-gtk/citydlg.c
--- cvs/client/gui-gtk/citydlg.c	Mon Nov 19 15:46:25 2001
+++ test/client/gui-gtk/citydlg.c	Tue Dec  4 11:37:39 2001
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@
   int i, style;
   char buf[NUM_INFO_FIELDS][512];
   struct city *pcity = pdialog->pcity;
-  int granaryturns;
+  int granaryturns, shrinking;
   enum { FOOD, PROD, TRADE, GOLD, LUXURY, SCIENCE,
     GRANARY, GROWTH, CORRUPTION, POLLUTION
   };
@@ -1689,12 +1689,19 @@
   my_snprintf(buf[SCIENCE], sizeof(buf[SCIENCE]), "%2d",
 	      pcity->science_total);
 
-  if (pcity->food_surplus > 0) {
+  shrinking = pcity->food_surplus < 0;
+  if ( pcity->food_stock + pcity->food_surplus >=
+         city_granary_size(pcity->size) ) {
+    /* capture special case in just conquered cities where food_stock
+     * becomes larger than granary_size when the city is chrunk */
+    granaryturns = 1;
+    shrinking = 0;
+  } else if (pcity->food_surplus > 0) {
     granaryturns = (city_granary_size(pcity->size) - pcity->food_stock +
 		    pcity->food_surplus - 1) / pcity->food_surplus;
   } else if (pcity->food_surplus < 0) {
-    granaryturns = 1 - (pcity->food_stock / pcity->food_surplus);
     /* turns before famine loss */
+    granaryturns = 1 - (pcity->food_stock / pcity->food_surplus);
   } else {
     granaryturns = 999;
   }
@@ -1735,7 +1742,7 @@
 			    info_label_style[style]);
   }
 
-  style = (granaryturns == 0 || pcity->food_surplus < 0) ? 2 : 0;
+  style = (granaryturns == 0 || shrinking) ? 2 : 0;
   gtk_widget_modify_style(pdialog->overview.info_label[GROWTH],
 			  info_label_style[style]);
   if (pdialog->pcity->owner == game.player_idx) {