. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. Picking and Packing Oranges 281 Some growers designate one man in each picking gang to do what climbing is necessary and require that man to wear a grain sack tied about each shoe in order to avoid bruising the bark of the trees. In moving ladders about great care should be taken to avoid injury to the fine fruiting brush which must be depended upon to bear succeeding crops. The fruit after being picked is transferred to the lug-boxes which are never rilled quite full. These lug-boxes are then stacked one on top of the other on th
. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. Picking and Packing Oranges 281 Some growers designate one man in each picking gang to do what climbing is necessary and require that man to wear a grain sack tied about each shoe in order to avoid bruising the bark of the trees. In moving ladders about great care should be taken to avoid injury to the fine fruiting brush which must be depended upon to bear succeeding crops. The fruit after being picked is transferred to the lug-boxes which are never rilled quite full. These lug-boxes are then stacked one on top of the other on the shady side of the trees to await the spring wagon which conveys them to the packing- house. It is often customary to pick the fruit from the lower branches first, leaving the high fruit till later in the season. There are two reasons for this. One is that frost is often more severe near the ground, and low-hanging fruit picked early is out of the way of frosts. Secondly, the brown rot fungus grows in the soil, and during wet spells comes to the surface and fruits. The spores are splashed by the rains up on the low-hanging fruit, causing decay. It should be pointed out that this fungus is different in its action from most other fungi in not needing an abrasion for entrance into a sound fruit. The spores are motile, and when there is a film of rainwater on the surface of the fruit these spores are capable of. Fig. 98. — Covina picking 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 Coit, John Eliot, 1880- [from old catalog]. New York, The Macmillan company
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