12 BXJLLETIlSr 399^ V. S. DEPAETMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In commercial experiments with cull fruit obtained at the packing 

 houses at Orlando, Fla., the average yield of oil per 100 pounds of 

 fruit was about 5 ounces. It may safely be assumed that from 

 4 to 5 ounces of oil can be extracted from every standard field box 

 containing approximately 100 pounds of ordinary cull oranges. At 

 the average price paid for orange oil for the past 10 years the gross 

 returns would be from 47 to 59 cents per field box. The gross 

 return, as determmed from actual sales in the markets of New 

 York City, of the oil produced in the experimental work was 54 cents 

 per field box. 



SUMMARY. 



The extraction of sweet-orange oil is a commercial possibility 

 in the United States. As a source of raw material for extraction 

 the culls, drops, and inferior grades of fruit may be used. A good 

 marketable quahty of oil may be produced by the process of vacuum 

 distillation herein described. 



Pressed oil extracted by the method described is of excellent 

 quality and a larger yield of oil is secured than by the vacuum process. 

 The process is very simple and the cost of equipment extremely 

 small. 



The utihzation of inferior or low-grade fruit for the extraction of 

 oil will give a wider market for the better grades of fruit and also 

 tend to greater care in the selection of these grades. 



The yield of pressed oil from 100 pounds of ordinary cull fruit is 

 estimated to be from 4 to 5 ounces, and the gross returns from this 

 quantity of oil, based on the average price for the past 10 years, 

 would be from 47 to 59 cents per standard field box. 



The cost of extracting the oil from 100 pounds of cull fruit is 

 estimated to be about 15 cents, and the net returns would be from 

 32 to 44 cents per standard field box, assuming that the fruit is 

 delivered at the factory door. 



