Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . California, butthis is not usually a good plan. Harvesting and Marketing.—In California the Valencias () are picked from June to October; navels from November toApril, and seedlings in Spring. Most of the Florida crop is movedfrom October to May or June. Figure 197 shows an orange pickingscene in California. The bulk of the orange crop in America is handled through largeassociations that have central packing houses and market onlywell graded and wrapped fruits (Fig. 198). They are shipped intwo-compar
Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . California, butthis is not usually a good plan. Harvesting and Marketing.—In California the Valencias () are picked from June to October; navels from November toApril, and seedlings in Spring. Most of the Florida crop is movedfrom October to May or June. Figure 197 shows an orange pickingscene in California. The bulk of the orange crop in America is handled through largeassociations that have central packing houses and market onlywell graded and wrapped fruits (Fig. 198). They are shipped intwo-compartment boxes having a capacity of two cubic half this size are used for the mandarin types. 232 NUTS AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS Enemies.—Many forms of scale insects attack oranges andother citrus fruits. There are also red spiders, plant lice, rosebeetles, and other insects attacking the orchards. The methods ofcontrol are spraying and fumigating under movable tents withhydrocyanic acid gas. Spraying in Florida and fumigation () in California are the general Fig. 197.—Oranges must be picked from the trees. Those which fall to the ground areconsidered worthless. () Common diseases of the trees are: gum disease, root-rot, trunk-rot, wither-tip, twig-blight, melanose, and canker. Frost is the most serious enemy of citrus fruits in America. Thechief remedy is to have the wood well ripened up before use of orchard smudges is often very effective. Fruits arepicked from near the ground first, to avoid frosting. Grapefruit.—This is one of the citrus fruits of Florida, California,Arizona, and the West Indies. It is well known in all markets of GRAPEFRUIT 283 America. It is slightly bitter in taste, and for this reason is not sopopular as the orange for a breakfast or dessert fruit. The name comes from the fact that the fruits may be borne inclusters resembling a bunch of grapes. The trees are beautiful and symmetrical and bear fruit for ma
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