Discussion on the Immature Citrus Fruit Law and 
the Standard 
WEDNESDAY MORNING 
Mr. Hume: This afternoon I am go¬ 
ing to call up the Green Fruit Law. I 
always try to avoid tough spots—maybe 
this is one of them, but we shall try to 
arrange it so that it will not be. The 
point here is that the Legislature is anx¬ 
ious to get an expression from this body 
with regard to the Green Fruit Law and 
the Standard, and to get it as soon as 
possible, because as I understand it the 
committee wants to report on it at an 
early date. 
I am sorry to do this—it was not on 
the program, and I would rather you had 
heard, before the discussion of this law, 
the interesting and thorough talk we are 
to have on Thursday night—I refer to 
the illustrated talk of Professor Collison, 
who has made about 600 analyses of 
fruits this season. 
Now, I want to throw out a hint at this 
time. Your presiding officer does not 
intend to spend the whole afternoon on 
this subject. Of course, you can overrule 
me if you like, but I am telling you that 
I do not wish to give the whole program 
to it. I shall try to give sufficient time 
to get a fair expression of opinion, and 
that is all. 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
Mr. Hume: It was our purpose to 
take up at this time the question of the 
Green Fruit Law. Since we adjourned, 
at noon, something has developed on 
which I believe it is in the interest of 
the Society to act, and act quickly. I 
am going to ask you to bear with me 
while 1 call up the report of the Legis¬ 
lative Committee It was to be to¬ 
morrow afternoon, but tomorrow may 
be too late. 
I will ask Mr. Gillette to present the 
report of the 'Committee at this time. 
Mr. Gillette: Mr. President, Ladies 
and Gentlemen : The reason for calling 
up this report at this time will be appa¬ 
rent when I read you the telegrams and 
letters I have in my possession. 
I wish to say in this connection, that 
this Crop Pest Bill was brought out at 
our last session in Miami. The bill was 
read and had the endorsement of the So¬ 
ciety. The Committee on Legislation was 
requested to see that this bill was put 
through this session of the Legislature. 
As chairman of the committee, I called 
them together and we have had several 
conferences, and we have done all we 
could to get the bill into the House and 
Senate. Senator Drane undertook to put 
it through the Senate, and the Represen¬ 
tative from Hillsborough promised to in¬ 
troduce it in the House. Whether it has 
been introduced in the House I have not 
heard, but it was introduced in the Sen- 
