Citrus Industry Of Surinam Classic Reprint

Author : Joseph Henry Burke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396095467
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Citrus Industry of Turkey (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Henry Burke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Citrus Industry of Turkey Turkey, like other countries of the Mediterranean area, has been growing citrus for a long time, nearly all of it for domestic consumption. In the past 15 years, production has increased sharply, but the industry has a long way to go before it will be a serious competitor in international citrus markets. Citrus production is centered in Mediterranean provinces, fragmented into many widely separated coastal producing areas. Only in the Mersin Adana area are citrus plantings fairly concentrated. This dispersion of production is a handicap to development of fruit exports. In 1964, Turkish citrus plantings were approximately: Oranges, acres; tangerines, lemons, grapefruit, 500. By 1970, this total of about acres may have increased - as the result of new plantings - about one-fifth, to acres. As new plantings come into bearing, sharp rises could bring 1970 levels of citrus production to million boxes, and 1980 levels to 20 million boxes. However, not more than 25 percent of production in 1970 is expected to be of export quality as fresh fruit. All Mediterranean districts are irrigated, and all citrus areas have some degree of frost hazard. Groves, usually 2 to 3 acres in size, are cultivated in most cases by hand; labor costs less than $1 a day. There is great variation in quality of fruit produced. Nearly all citrus is now consumed in the domestic market, and a combi nation of rising citrus production, better roads and increased purchasing power has caused per capita consumption to rise from a 1948 level of about 5 pounds of oranges and tangerines, and pounds of lemons, to the 1960 level of about 19 pounds of oranges and 4 pounds of lemons. Nearly all oranges and tangerines are consumed in the 6-month period, November to May. However, full-wrap packs of lemons are stored in caves for domestic use throughout the summer. As many as half-a-million 48-pound boxes of these sleeping lemons are stored each year. In the 15-year period, 1948-62, both orange and lemon exports have increased sharply, in the case of oranges from boxes to nearly one half million, in that of lemons from boxes to over (thelatter representing as much as 20 percent of production in recent seasons). However, sustained exports as high as boxes each of oranges and lemons, will probably not be achieved for some time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.