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Fkuiting. 



When the fruit has reached maturity it quickly ripens, turns yellow, 

 and falls to the ground. Gangs of women are sent into the fields at 7 a.m. 



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Fig. 43. — Lime Trees killed by Scale Insects in 1902 and 1903. 



each day (fig. 44), where they work until 5 p.m., collecting the fallen fruit in 

 baskets, and carrying it on their heads to the nearest road, w^here it is 



