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notice should be taken of the bill which 
is now before the Legislature prohibiting 
the shipment of this green fruit out of 
Florida. Those of us who have the pres¬ 
ent and future interest of Florida at 
heart, and who want to deal squarely with 
consumers, should not be made to suffer 
by the few who are after the dollar ‘Tight 
now,” and care nothing for the reputa¬ 
tion of the Florida orange, or a “square 
deal” with those who may be deceived 
into buying their green stuff, so long as 
they succeed in getting a few dollars 
more. 
Prof. Rolfs: As usual, Mr. Hart has 
said the right thing at the right time. 
Some action should certainly be taken by 
this Society; therefore, I move that the 
Horticultural Society unanimously ap¬ 
prove the matter of prohibiting, or cur¬ 
tailing as much as possible, the shipment 
of green (possibly the word “green” is 
ill-advised, and had better be changed to 
unripe or immature) fruit. 
Motion seconded. 
Mr. Hume: It has been moved and 
seconded that this Society approve Bill 
No. 140, introduced by Mr. Massey, 
which prohibits the sale and transporta¬ 
tion of immature citrus fruits. 
Motion unanimously carried. 
Mr. Hart: I will say that it has al¬ 
ready had the first and second reading 
and will go to a vote in a few days. What 
action we take should be at once. 
Mr. Hume: I believe the bill is one 
of the best bills that has ever been intro¬ 
duced into our Legislature. The ship¬ 
ping of immature citrus fruits from Flor¬ 
ida has done more injury to the Florida 
citrus market than possibly any other one 
thing that has been done in the way of 
handling citrus fruits in this State, and I 
do not believe this Society can do any¬ 
thing better for themselves individually 
and to the State at large than to give 
their endorsement to this particular bill. 
I will instruct the Secretary to forward 
the resolution to the Legislature. 
(The resolution was duly forwarded 
to Tallahassee and the following is the 
bill as passed.—Secretary.) 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State 
of Florida: 
iSection 1. That it shall be unlawful for 
any one to sell, offer for sale, ship or deliver 
for shipment any citrus fruits that are imma¬ 
ture or otherwise unfit for consumption, and 
for any one to receive any such fruits under 
a contract of sale, or for the purpose of sale, 
or of offering for sale, or for shipment or 
delivery for shipment. This section shall not 
apply to sales or contracts for sale of citrus 
fruits on the trees under this section; nor shall 
it apply to common carriers or their agents 
who are not interested in such fruits, and who 
are merely receiving the same for transpor¬ 
tation. 
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any one 
to misbrand any package or any wrapper con¬ 
taining citrus fruits; and all citrus fruits shall 
be deemed misbranded if the package or the 
wrapper shall bear any statement, design or 
device regarding the fruit therein contained, 
which is false or misleading either as to the 
name, size, quality or brand of such fruit or 
as to locality in which it was grown. 
Section 3. Whosoever shall violate any of 
the provisions of this act shall be punished by 
a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or 
by imprisonment for not more than six 
months, or by both such fine and imprison¬ 
ment, and the fruit, whether immature or 
otherwise unfit for consumption or misbrand¬ 
ed. shall be subject to seizure and disposition 
as in the case of adulterated or misbranded 
foods and drugs. 
