. Farm horticulture, prepared especially for those interested in either home or commercial horticulture. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 306 CITRUS FRUITS trade. Therefore the winter lemons are not treated in the same manner as the summer lemons. Instead of sweating the fruit and hastening the curing the lemons are prevented from sweating. As soon as the fruit is brought to the pack- ing-house it is washed in a very weak solution of copper sulphate. This solution is made by adding 1 pound of cop- per sulphate to 1000 gallons of water in the morning and \. Fig. 126.—Showing the method of wa
. Farm horticulture, prepared especially for those interested in either home or commercial horticulture. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 306 CITRUS FRUITS trade. Therefore the winter lemons are not treated in the same manner as the summer lemons. Instead of sweating the fruit and hastening the curing the lemons are prevented from sweating. As soon as the fruit is brought to the pack- ing-house it is washed in a very weak solution of copper sulphate. This solution is made by adding 1 pound of cop- per sulphate to 1000 gallons of water in the morning and \. Fig. 126.—Showing the method of washing oranges to remove the sooty mould fungus. (Bulletin No. 123, United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.) pound at noon to keep the strength constant. The fruit is washed in this manner for disinfection against the brown rot. The lemons after being properly graded are placed loosely in packing boxes and stacked up on the storage floor. Lemons are often stored in this manner for six or seven months. Washing.—In most of the citrus-growing regions the fruit must be washed before it is shipped. If the fruit is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hood, George William, 1886-. Philadelphia, New York, Lea & Febiger
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