Bulletin of the of Agriculture . of a tree. legible. TREE MARKERS. Each individual tree in the performance-record plats is markedseveral weeks before picking with streamers of white cotton cloth(see figs. 3, 4, and 6), in order that the regular orchard crew will under-stand that they are not to be picked. Several streamers, about1 inch wide and 3 feet long, •re tied to projecting limbs on all sidesof the trees as high as can be reached conveniently. These markersare renewed every season. PICKING. The picking of the performance-record trees is done by trainedmen, and, so far as po
Bulletin of the of Agriculture . of a tree. legible. TREE MARKERS. Each individual tree in the performance-record plats is markedseveral weeks before picking with streamers of white cotton cloth(see figs. 3, 4, and 6), in order that the regular orchard crew will under-stand that they are not to be picked. Several streamers, about1 inch wide and 3 feet long, •re tied to projecting limbs on all sidesof the trees as high as can be reached conveniently. These markersare renewed every season. PICKING. The picking of the performance-record trees is done by trainedmen, and, so far as possible, the same men are used year after year BUD VARIATION IN THE WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE. 11 in. order to avoid possible errors which might be made by inexperi-enced pickers. Each tree is picked separately and its crop assembledat its base until needed for examination (see fig. 4). ASSORTING. All of the oranges picked during the day usually are examinedthat day, so as to avoid all possible injury to or changes in the fruitdue to exposure.
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