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3. Fruit should be picked into bags, or other suitable re- 

 ceptacles carried by the pickers and emptied into the boxes in 

 which it is to be conveyed to the packing shed. 



4. Pick none which bear marks or injury from hail or 

 insects, and be sure no scaly fruit is exported; such will only 

 damage the reputation of South African fruit. 



5. Be careful not to include any which has been stung by 

 fruit flies. 



6. Pickers and packers should wear gardener's cheap cotton 

 gloves if possible; if not, their finger nails should be trimmed; 

 they should handle each fruit as if it were an egg. 



7. Oranges and naartjes should be allowed to remain two 

 or three days after picking before they are packed. 



8. . Wrap each fruit in tissue paper bearing your distinct 

 brand, and pack with the greatest care. 



9. Packing diagrams are shown in the Agricultural Journal 

 for March, 1913, or can be obtained on application. 



10. Boxes should bear the mark of the exporter registered 

 or otherwise ; his name or other means of identification, and the 

 number and variety of fruits contained therein on the end of each 

 box. 



11. The Government Inspector will inspect your fruit at 

 the port of shipment either at Cape Town, Durban, or Port Eli- 

 zabeth, East London and Mossel Bay. 



12. Citrus fruits which pass the Government Inspector are 

 shipped in the cool chambers of the steamers at a temperature 

 which is kept between 38 and 50 degrees. 



13. Boxes containing oranges must not be strapped in the 

 middle, but only at the ends. 



IMPORTANT NOTES TO EXPORTERS OF CITRUS FRUITS. 



By the Union Horticulturist and the Government Fruit 

 Inspector. 



Xo citrus fruits, especially oranges, can be properly packed 

 unless they are carefully graded to size, and this can only be done 

 by a proper grading machine. If you wish to be successful and 

 secure a name for your brand, lose no time in buying one. 



No " purTt," or, as they are frequently called, " op blaas " 

 fruit must be packed ; this class of orange will not carry ; it will 

 not stand the necessary pressure when the boxes are lidded, but 

 will burst and immediately start to decay, which decay will spread 

 rapidly throughout the box. 



