. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. le(Chrysumph(dus aonidutn), the chalT scale (Parlatona pcryandii), the softbrown or turtle-back l)eetle {Coccua hcsperidum), the black scale (SaissvtiaoIc(t) an<l the hemispluTical scale (Saissrtin ). In the control ofthese insects in Florida, more reliance in hud ujkju parasitic fungi and insect CITRUS FRUITS 149 enemies than in California. While fumigation is used to some extent, whenany treatment is used it is usually spraying with paraffin oil caustic potash whale oil soap, resin wash
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. le(Chrysumph(dus aonidutn), the chalT scale (Parlatona pcryandii), the softbrown or turtle-back l)eetle {Coccua hcsperidum), the black scale (SaissvtiaoIc(t) an<l the hemispluTical scale (Saissrtin ). In the control ofthese insects in Florida, more reliance in hud ujkju parasitic fungi and insect CITRUS FRUITS 149 enemies than in California. While fumigation is used to some extent, whenany treatment is used it is usually spraying with paraffin oil caustic potash whale oil soap, resin wash or kerosene emulsion. The white fly (Aleyrodes citri), probably the most destructive insectpest in Florida, occurs in only one place in California and has not therebecome widely spread. It is controlled by fumigation or by spraying withparaffin oil emulsion, resin wash or kerosene emulsion. The mealy bug, red spider, rust mite, thrips, aphis and numerousother insects cause damage both in California and in Florida and in othercitrus sections, but are of minor Picking and Packing Oranges. Picking, Packing and Marketing of Fruit.—The methods of picking,packing and marketing of citrus fruits are probably more highly developedthan in any other fruit industry. The picking is in large measure done bycarefully trained special picldng gangs connected with the packing houses,rather than by the growers themselves. This insuies the most careful workand handling and the employment of uniformly good methods. The curing, grading and packing is also done by specially trained menworking continuously under inspection to insure careful handling at everypoint. The special machinery devised for washing, drying, grading, sizingand boxing has reached a high degree of perfection and is almost univer-sally used in the citrus sections of the United States. The watchword ofall packing houses is careful handling to avoid bruising or puncturing theskin of the fruit and thus prevent decay. 3
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