4,3i> CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



the cells would be broken and more or less decay would 

 follow. We, therefore, held them for several days after 

 they were taken from the trees before assorting, which 

 enabled us to detect the bruised, injured and thorned 

 fruit. Our assorting and classification was very carefully 

 done; each orange was taken up separately and carefully 

 examined and placed in the class where it belonged. 



"We made three grades of bright oranges and two 

 of the russets, putting them under separate brands. I 

 put my name on the first class, which was supposed to 

 be absolutely perfect, and will relate a little incident that 

 occurred in relation to it. 1 was making a trip through 

 the West and, being detained several hours at a junction 

 point, strolled up into the town, a place of two or three 

 thousand inhabitants. Passing up the main street, and 

 happening to look up, I found that I was standing di- 

 rectly under a sign, 'Headquarters for E. Bean's Oranges.' 

 I went in and inquired what there was about E. Bean's 

 oranges that justified so prominent a notice. The pro- 

 prietor replied that when they saw that name on a box 

 of oranges, they knew that it meant that they were per- 

 fect. 



"I have written the above, which I think is about 

 what you asked for. It is largely personal, but this could 

 not be avoided, as there was apparently no one else who 

 had the courage to undertake such an enterprise. Later 

 on many dealers and growers became packers, using sub- 

 stantially the same methods." 



Citrus Fruit Packages. With the exception of the 

 lemon box, which is the same in both sections, the pack- 

 ages used in Florida differ in size and shape from those 

 which are used in California. Each section has come to 

 regard its orange box, used also for pomelos, as the stan- 



