Three men for four days at the rate of about 3000 oranges a day or more. Orange picking is a fairly gentlemanly occupation, it involves prodding the tree with a stick, shaking things a little and maybe climbing a branch or two. They are easy climbers. The oranges are collected in little piles all over the farm, then moved into bigger piles, then sorted for size and put into bags.
The economics of orange growing are a joke, I think if I fertilize and trim the trees, I would loose money. Which I probably will! I'll net a couple of hundred dollars after picking costs. Mainly, I want to get them out before they drop on the soil - each one is an acid bomb.
The economics of orange growing are a joke, I think if I fertilize and trim the trees, I would loose money. Which I probably will! I'll net a couple of hundred dollars after picking costs. Mainly, I want to get them out before they drop on the soil - each one is an acid bomb.
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