1(J() CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



cells; 1-8 to 3-16 inch thickness. Discount one-half point 

 for first 1-32 inch above maximum or below minimum, and 

 two points for second 1-32 inch, provided that too long 

 picked and fully-cured oranges the minimum shall be 

 lowered to 3-32 inch; and that to fresh-picked and to 

 slightly-cured "large" fruit the maximum shall be raised 

 1-4 inch. 



Breaking oil cells, breaking of peel and abrasions of 

 same to be subject to one to ten discounts, according to 

 degree. 



(Here consider "Color of Flesh" see Division 3.) 



6. Fiber. Possible credits, 4. 



Standards: Septa delicate and translucent; maxi- 

 mum diameter of core, 3-16 inch in "large" fruit and 1-8 

 inch in other. 



7. Grain. Possible credits, 4. 

 Standards: Fineness, firmness, compactness. 



8. Seed. Possible credits, 4. 

 Standard: Absence of seed. 



Discount one point for each seed. Each rudiment 

 to be considered as a seed if any growth has been devel- 

 oped ; otherwise allowed without discount. 



9. Taste. Possible credits, 30, divided as follows: 

 Sweetness, 15; citrous quality, 15. 



Standards: Clearness and definability of elements; 

 sweetness rich, delicate rather than heavy; citrous quality 

 pronounced. 



Deficiency of absence to be cause for discounts against 

 any element, and excess to be like cause against sweetness 

 and against acid in "citrous quality". 



Staleness and flavors of age or decay to be discounted 

 from aggregate of points in this division. 



