480 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Reducing Sugar Total Sugar Dextrose Citric Acid- 

 No. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 



Sample No. 1 2.18 6.71 .425 



Sample No. 2 2.23 6.25 .394 



Sample No. 3 2.58 7.91 .445 



"These samples were collected in February, after they 

 had passed their best, but it is believed that they kept 

 their relative quality." 



The immediate damage is to the crop. The 

 stem end of the fruit becomes covered by the mold; it 

 colors irregularly and, unless cleaned in some way, is 

 often unfit for market. Various methods are used to re- 

 move the sooty covering from the oranges. Some use a 

 lidless box. Over the open side, a piece of coarse sack- 

 cloth or canvas is stretched and on this cross-cut sawdust 

 is scattered. The oranges, one or two at a time, are taken 

 and ground about on this until the soot is removed. 

 Another machine consists of a hollow cylinder mounted 

 on stationary posts, and having a crank attachment. This 

 is partially filled with oranges and sawdust and revolved 

 until the fruit is bright. Washing with a cloth or brush 

 is also resorted to, and some simply use a dry brush. 

 Often, however, the oranges appear on the market with 

 the mark of mold upon them. This is particularly the 

 case if the fruit is anywise rough-skinned, the fungal 

 threads still remaining in the depressions. 



The additional cost of harvesting and marketing a 

 crop of oranges is very considerably increased and the 

 fruit can not help but suffer to some extent from the harsh 

 treatment it often receives. Oranges have been noticed 

 which had been so vigorously cleaned that the epidermis 

 had been torn and the oil-glands of the rind laid open. 



