QUESTIONS 286 



The product used at soda fountains in America is brought chiefly 

 from the West Indies and from Mexico. The management of 

 orchards is similar to that of other citrus fruits. 



EXERCISES 



1. Specimens. — Find specimens in your markets or elsewhere of the dif- 

 ferent nuts and subtropical fruits. 



2. Study these specimens as to market qualities and botanical structures. 



3. Fruit Sources. — By inquiry from dealers and by reading, determine the 

 source of each of these products. Labels on packages will aid in this. 



4. Marketing Methods. — Learn all you can as to the methods of packing, 

 shipping, prices and probable profits to the growers. Visit fruit packing houses, 

 storage houses, driers, canneries, etc. Study methods of cooperative market- 

 ing associations. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What kinds of tree nuts are sold in your markets? 



2. What kinds grow in your state? Wild? Commercially? 



3. Describe any nut groves you have seen or read about. 



4. Describe the growing of pineapples. 



5. How are they propagated? 



6. What can be said of the value of the avocado as a market fruit? 



7. What are some uses of mangoes? 



8. Tell what you can of the growing of grapefruits for market. 



9. What are the different types of oranges and where are they produced? 

 10. Describe the work and tell of the value of a fruit growers association. 



References. — U. S. Farmers' Bulletins : 674, Citrus Thrips in California 

 and Arizona; 696, Handling and Shipping Citrus Fruits in the Gulf States; 

 700, Pecan Culture; 794, Citrus Fruit Improvement; 843, Pecan Insects and 

 their Control; 933, Spraying Citrus Trees in Florida; 1011, Wooly White Fly 

 in Florida Citrus Groves; 1096, Prevention of Damage from Frost; 1122, Citrus 

 Fruit Growing in Gulf States.; 1129, Pecan Diseases; 1237, Pineapple Culture 

 in Florida. 



