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Harvest " (cont.) 



Method : Carefully cut by hand -^/hen ripe 

 Preparing for Market: 



Allowed to dry for 3 or 4 days', wrapped and packed 

 in standard boxes 12" x 12" x 26" (outside 

 measurement) holding from 80 to 324 oranges- 

 graded according to size. Weight z 6^ net, 

 IZjj: gross. 396 boxes to standard car, 

 100 field boxes = 66 packed boxes. 



Yield s- 



^ of Different Grades- 

 Packing fruit 95^ 



Culls - b% 



Yields of Different Grades- 

 Good 250 packed boxes 



Usual 125 " 



Commercial Sections - 



Butte County 



Los Angeles 



Orange 



Riverside 



San Bernardino 



Santa Barbara 



Tulare 



Ventura 



