Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-28 | Page 1 | Government Makes Decision on Fruits

GOVERNMENT MAKES DECISION ON FRUITS Washington. Nov. 28. Defining the minimum of sweetness that oranges must attain on the tree if later sweating sweat-ing is not to be held lo conceal inferiority, in-feriority, the department of agriculture agricul-ture today announced it "considers oranges to be immature if the juice does not contain soluble solids to, or in excess of. eipht parts to every part of acid contained in the juice, the acidity to he calculated as citric add without water of crvstalir.ation " This decision was made to prevent I the interstate shipment of immature citrus fruit colored by sweating or j exposure in warm moist air to an extent that will conceal Its Inferlori-t Inferlori-t The regulation may be made more stringent after further investigation, the department announced