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research article

Orange fruit size and yield: 31-year study of interrelationship of temperatures and orange fruit size and yield indicates influence of some climatic factor

authors

Joseph M. Caprio, University of California
Robert B. Harding, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 9(5):11-12. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v009n05p11. May 1955.

Summary

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Of the principal citrus areas of the world, only California seems to have a serious problem in small sizes of orange fruits.

author affiliations

Joseph M. Caprio is Principal Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside. Robert B. Harding is Assistant Chemist, University of California, Riverside.

author notes

Fred L. Whiting, Senior Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside, and Robert J. Jennings, of the East Highlands Orange Company, co-operated in the study reported here.