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SPRAYING TO CONTROL ENEMIES OF CITRUS TREES. 13 
There seems to be an impression among consumers and retail 
dealers that russet fruit is a variety of citrus instead of being the 
result of the former presence of thousands of rust mites. The re- 
sponsibility for this erroneous idea rests with the salesman. It is 
considered good salesmanship to sell what goods there are on hand 
and to convince the purchaser of the merits of the same. Since more 
than half the crop is russet, some explanation must be made to the 
consumer as to the quality of the fruit he purchases. The explana- 
tion that russet fruit is a variety fulfills all the requirements of good 
salesmanship. The necessity for this exercise of shrewd salesman- 
ship, as well as its continuation, rests with the Florida citrus grower. 
One also hears frequently in Florida that russet fruit is sweeter 
than bright. So far as is known, no analyses indicate that such isthe 
ease. Since the russet fruit is not sold before the holidays, it has 
ample opportunity fully to ripen, so no russet fruit is ever sour. In 
some tests made March 25, 1914, several russet and bright oranges 
were peeled so that they could not be told apart by the taster. These 
were given to a person to taste. In both cases where bright and 
russet fruit were compared, the person pronounced that the bright 
was the sweeter. On January 29, 1915, five men pronounced sprayed | 
fruit sweeter and possessed of a aaa refinement and delicacy of 
flavor than unsprayed fruit from adjoining rows. 
BETTER GRADES OF FRUIT BRING BETTER PRICES. 
Obviously it is useless to raise the grade of fruit if second and 
third grade fruit sell for as much as the first grade. There is no 
reason to spend money to make first-grade fruit unless the improved 
fruit brings a good yield on the investment required to produce it. 
In order to show the difference in price received for different 
srades of fruit Tables 6 and 7 have been prepared. The data of 
Table 6 are based upon the returns from the 128,487 boxes of oranges 
and the 31,479 boxes of grapefruit, and these data are given in 
Table 1. 
TABLE 6.—Difference in the price received in the New York market for different 
grades of oranges and grapefruit during the season of 1915-16. 
Difference in price received between the grades of— 
; Oranges. Grapefruit. 
Month. Me sa MA Sb PT SN I 
First |Second| Third | Fourth First |Second| Third | Fourth . 
and | and | and | and total and | and | and | ana | 2otal 
second | third | fourth | fifth Sins eacond third | fourth | fifth | ditfer- 
grade. | grade. | grade. | grade. ~~" | grade. | grade. | grade. | grade. pages 
| Ye | 
November. -2:22...: $0.39 | $0.28 |—$0.01 | $0.39 | $1.06 | $0.66| $0.36 | $0.29]! $0.00 $1.30 
December........... Ay/ 08 . 09 05 79 By) OM . 26 00 1.36 
JER ee ee ae 23 14} —.00 BOxi 14 37 36 34 60 1.08 
BS OTUAT Ys 5 4a eise is se 73 14 14 Sox 1.38 68 25 25 03 1.21 
ANG errs te ce 1.386 | —.09} —.16 49 1.59 2522, 43 47 29 11.20 
MPU set sek oko. oe 96 14 06 - 67 1.82 00 18 17 25 60 
1 Difference between second and fifth grades; first grade is unusual sale. 
