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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
I have had to rig up two complete 
plants, and the expense is about $5.00 
per acre. I have had to rig up two, so 
that when one is not working, the other 
one can be used. With us, we allow the 
trees to grow clear down to the ground 
and don’t trim the lower branches off to 
leave a clear space underneath as you peo¬ 
ple generally do. Treating the groves as 
you do, it simplifies the matter of spray¬ 
ing very much. 
I use a two-horse team and the spray¬ 
ing apparatus is mounted on a platform 
and the man on the platform sprays the 
trees as the team moves. The lower 
branches of the trees are more often af¬ 
fected than the higher, especially with 
scale. 
As to price, I am not alone in having 
to bear the cost and meeting a successful 
market for carefully sprayed fruit. 
Mr. Warner: I have two different 
spraying outfits, also. One is made at 
Elmira and has a regular 2 1-2 horse 
power engine; the other is a marine en¬ 
gine in which I utilize the same class of 
pump. The two outfits are practically in¬ 
terchangeable. 
The wagon has the body made in such 
a way that the wheels will cut under. The 
wagon turns easily and pulls very easily. 
One animal can handle it without diffi¬ 
culty. 
REPORT ON THE METHODS OF PICKING AND SHIPPING CIT¬ 
RUS FRUITS. 
L. B. Skinner. 
Mr. President and Fellow 1 Members : 
The fire this morning stopped me right 
in the midst of my paper. I thought I 
would go over it again, but I haven’t had 
time. I am sorry Dr. Inman could not 
stay and give you the benefit of his ex¬ 
perience and observation. He says he 
never packed an orange in his life; there¬ 
fore he knows exacty how it ought to be 
done. 
The first thing in the field is the ecpup- 
ment of the picker. What shall we give 
him to pick in and what shall we give 
him to pick with? Now, until the Govern¬ 
ment sent their experts here, I did not 
know the danger of clipper cuts. I didn’t 
know what a clipper cut was until Mr. 
Tenney came into my grove about three 
years ago. We went through a box of 
the champion picker of the grove and we 
found about 40 per cent, of the fruit was 
