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culated as crystallized citric acid, shall 
be considered as immature. 
“That oranges or grapefruit, the result 
of a bloom occurring during the pre¬ 
vious calendar year, shall be excepted 
from the above standards.” 
Now, that is the bill. The application 
of it is only a matter of detail. All the 
oranges that bloomed last year, in 1912, 
would be shippable now. They would 
not be subject to any inspection. But all 
the oranges blooming since the first of 
January would be considered immature 
until the first of October ; after that they 
would be subject to the test. 
Now, I will read the balance of the 
bill; I can do it in a minute. 
Mr. Hume: I am afraid you will not 
have time, Captain Rose. Your time is 
almost up. 
Mr. Thompson: I move that his time 
be extended ten minutes more. (Motion 
seconded and carried.) 
Mr. Hume: You have ten minutes 
more, Captain Rose, and I am going to 
call you when the ten minutes is up. 
“Sec. 2. The inspection, examination 
and analysis of citrus fruit shall be made 
by the State Chemist of Florida, or un¬ 
der his direction or supervision. That 
the general provisions, rules and regula¬ 
tions of the Florida Pure Food and 
Drugs Law, approved June 5, 1911, 
Chapter 6122, Laws of Florida, and 
amendments thereto, shall apply to the 
execution of this law, when not in con¬ 
flict with the same. 
“Sec. 3. That Inspectors shall draw 
samples for analysis in the presence of 
the owner, agent, manager or custodian 
of any packing house, car, or other place 
where oranges or grapefruit are gathered 
or packed for shipment. Two samples 
of twelve average oranges or grapefruit, 
each fairly representative of all the fruit 
at the time being inspected, shall be 
drawn by the Inspector, assisted by 
either the owner, agent or custodian of 
the fruit. 
“That one of the samples so drawn shall 
at once be tested, or analyzed, by the In¬ 
spector in the presence of the owner, 
agent, or custodian of the fruit, in the 
manner herein provided. Should the test 
show, in the case of oranges, that the 
juice contains more than 1.30 per cent, 
by weight of acid, calculated as crystal¬ 
lized citric acid, the fruit shall be consid¬ 
ered as immature. Should the test show 
in the case of grapefruit that the juice 
contains more than 1.75 per cent, by 
weight of acid, calculated as crystallized 
citric acid, the fruit shall be considered 
immature. 
“Oranges or grapefruit showing less 
than 1.30 per cent, or 1.75 per cent, re¬ 
spectively of acid, calculated as crystal¬ 
lized citric acid, shall be passed as ma¬ 
ture. Provided, That should the owner, 
agent or custodian demand an analysis 
by the State Chemist the duplicate sam¬ 
ple, drawn in the presence of the agent, 
owner or custodian, shall be sent by ex¬ 
press or parcel post prepaid to the State 
Chemist, the sample to be identified and 
verified by the signatures of the owner, 
agent or custodian and the Inspector, the 
fruit in question under investigation to 
be withheld from shipment until the re- 
