ORANGE— CITRUS FRUIT GROWING 



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fruits and their arrangement in the box 

 have been carefully -worked out so that 

 each fruit is placed in mathematical or- 

 der. The orange and grapefruit crates 

 commonly used contain a space of almost 

 exactly two cubic feet. The outside meas- 

 urements approximate 121/^x121/2x27 

 inches. As these crates are manufac- 

 tured and sold to the grower all 

 ready to nail up, he need give this 

 matter no special attention. In pack- 

 ing, the boxes are usually filled so 

 that the last tier of fruit projects about 

 one-half inch above the top of the box. 

 After tl^e box has been carefully packed, 

 it is placed under a lever or screw press 

 and the lid gently forced into position. 

 This is then nailed down and strapped, 

 and is ready to be stenciled tor the mar- 

 ket. The accompanying diagrams, from 

 Prof. H. H. Hume's Bulletin No. 63 of 

 the Florida Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, illustrate the arrangement of the 

 fruit in the crates. 



Shipping 



The moment the fruit is delivered to 

 the transportation companies it passes 

 out of the hands of the grower and be- 

 yond the possibility of his controlling the 

 way in which it is handled. Not infre- 

 quently fruit put up in the very best con- 

 dition, and with the greatest care, is 

 slammed from the railway station into 

 the car, and at its destination is again 

 thrown from the car into a transfer wag- 

 on. Anyone wishing to be convinced on 

 this point has only to follow his ship- 

 ment past the transfer station and to its 

 destination on the market. The most 

 careful packing and best packages are 

 none too good. To a certain extent the 

 shipper of fruit is powerless in this mat- 

 ter, and very frequently the transporta- 

 tion company's officials are ignorant of 

 the rough handling. 



The only way to correct these abuses is 

 by vigorous protest and definite action. 

 All transportation companies are suffi- 

 ciently interested in the matter to see in 



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Number and size 230. 



Kumber and size 2 



_ . Diagramsshowingthearrangementoforangesof differentsizeslncrates: No. 96.— Diameter, 



H Inches; layers, 4, No. 112.— Diameter. 3} Inches; layers, 4. No. 126.— Diameter, 34 inches; layers, 

 5. No. 150.— Diameter, St*, inches; layers. 5. No. 176.— Diameter, 2^ inches; layers. 5. No. 200.— Diame- 



ter, 2H Inches; layers, b.' No. 216.— Diameter, 2^ inches; layers, 6. No. 226.- 

 layers, 6. No. 252.— Diameter. 2^ inches; layers, 6. 



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