12 IMPROVEMENT OF CITRUS FRUITS THROUGH BUD SELECTION. 



PICKING. 



The picking of each tree is done by an expert reg-ular picker I'ur- 

 nished l)v the grower, under the immediate supervision of the Avriter. 

 Ever\^ possible care is used to prevent injury to the fruits, both in 

 picking- and in all other operations. The fruit is picked in the usual 

 manner and placed ill picking boxes. All of the fruit is picked, the 

 boxes are assembled, and the photograph of each tree is made before 



Fi'i. 3. — Typical " barren" type of VVashiiiKton Navel orange tree. 



the sorting or any other operation is begun. No fruit is picked and 

 allowed to stand overnight before the several operations are com- 

 pleted. 



GRADING AND SIZING. 



The fruit of each Washington Navel tree is sorted into three grades 

 by the writer: (1) Orchard grade, representing all of the perfect fruit, 

 without injury or blemish; (2) standard grade, or f ruifs of irregular 

 shape, blemish, or discoloration, l)iit still suitable for shipment as an 

 inferior grade; and (8) culls, or fruits so badly malformed or Avitli 

 such marked blemishes as to render them unfit for shipment or sale. 



[Cir. 77] 



