462 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



It is no easy matter to handle large amounts of fruit and 

 market it advantageously. Again, he may be hampered in 

 his work by having to please or try to please too many peo- 

 ple. Trouble and dissensions arise and the association, 

 however good in theory, too frequently, perhaps, goes to 

 pieces in practice. 



In California associations have met with consider- 

 able success and it is unfortunate that there are not more 

 of them in existence in the citrus districts. 



