. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ooth. The green calyx or button should always beleft on the fruit, for if it is pulled off, an opening is madefor the entrance of decay germs. Only cloth picking bags areused, of which there are fiveor more types. They are car-ried by a broad strap whichpasses over the shoulder, andthe most approved types areadjustable in capacity and openat the bottom, allowing thefruit to be emptied into thelug-boxes gently and withoutbruising. Many different type
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ooth. The green calyx or button should always beleft on the fruit, for if it is pulled off, an opening is madefor the entrance of decay germs. Only cloth picking bags areused, of which there are fiveor more types. They are car-ried by a broad strap whichpasses over the shoulder, andthe most approved types areadjustable in capacity and openat the bottom, allowing thefruit to be emptied into thelug-boxes gently and withoutbruising. Many different types of lad-ders are used, the prevailing onehaving a third leg on hingeswhich is let down through thebranches and rests on theground near the base of thetree. Simple ladders which restagainst the branches are notrecommended, as they cause toomuch injury to the fine fruiting brush. Sometimes itis necessary to climb up into the crotches of the treesto reach inside fruit. This should be avoided as much aspossible, as the heavy shoes of the pickers scar the barkand may carry the germs of gum-disease, especially whenthe surface of the soil is Fig. 97. — Dashboard picking bag. Picking and Packing Oranges 281 Some growers designate one man in each picking gangto do what cHmbing is necessary and require that man towear a grain sack tied about each shoe in order to avoidbruising the bark of the trees. In moving Ladders aboutgreat care should be taken to avoid injury to the finefruiting brush which must be depended upon to bearsucceeding crops. The fruit after being picked istransferred to the hig-boxes whichare never filled quite full. Theselug-boxes are then stacked one ontop of the other on the shady sideof the trees to await the spring wagonwhich conveys them to the packing-house. It is often customary to pick thefruit from the lower branches first,leaving the high fruit till later inthe season. There are two reasonsfor this. One is that frost is oftenmore severe near the groun
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