The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-19
GREAT DISCOVERY
BY SCIENTISTS
PRACTICALLY 100 PER CENT. OF
THE WORLDS ORANGE CROP
CAN BE- USED IN COM
MERGE.
SAVESIMPORTANT ELEMENTS
More Than 100000 Worth of Or.
anges Are Lost Each Year in
Florida and Calf rn:a.

Through investigations conducted
in the Industrial Research Laboratory
at the University Of Pittsburg. practi-
caily 100 Per cent. of the worlds or
ange crop can be utilized in com
merce. After few months work the
chemists at the university have sue
ceeded in preserving the pure juices
Of citrus fruits without the use of ar
tifcial and injurious preseTvatives
rom the fragrant blossoms that adorn
the Flushing brides couture, the last
neglected seed in the "cull'' every
thing in the orange henceforth will
serve man. Instead of allowing one
third of the great crops to rot upon
the ground, no element in this favor
tie fruit will be lost.
The research at the university will
be of great advantage in ice cream
making, confectionery and in baking
The process followed in the preserv-
ing of the orange juice requires little
expense, and the pure juice and ex-
tracts can be had at a cost little in
advance of the artificial connections
now oxered to the trade.
Fellowships established at the uni
versity under the direction of Dr.
Robert Kennedy Duncan called for
the expenditure of almost 100000 in
industrial research, and among these
a sum of $4,000 a year for two years
has been donated pending the investi-
cation of the means of utilizing or
ange "culls" and other citrus fruits,
including the grapefruit and lemons.
In addition to the subscription of ST.
00O year a large additional consid-
Grafton is offered for the successful
application of the experiments.
Fruit Growers Benefited.
Realizing the immense advantages
to Pittsburg manufacturers in having
the problems worked out in the labo-
ratories, the Pittsburg Industrial De
velopment commission and the re-
search department Of the University
of Pittsburg have co-operated in the
enterprise, which means an immeas-
urable benefit to the commercial
world. The advantages of the re-
search will accrue not only to the
fruit grewers of Florida and Cali
fornia and other parts OF the world,
but to manufacturers of oils, flavor
ing extracts, confectionery, medical
preparations, etc.
One of the results of the investi-
cation likely will be the satisfactory
preservation of pure orange juice in
a manner not conflicting with the
state and Federal pure food and drug
acts. The summer girl, who always
awaits a new beverage, will hail with
delight and enthusiastic patronage an
orange drink offered with science 6
seal of rich flavor and genuine purity
It seems now that in the Pittsburg
been discovered.
A dozen oranges of average size will
produce a quart of juice. Selling this
at cents a glass would bring a prof
/ it equal to that made off dozen good
| oranges, aside from the revenue to be
f., derived from the extraction of the
various oils, aldehydes and terpenses
| in the rinds and the seeds.
Loss Has Been Heavy.
The orange "cull,'' as all shipper
! and fruit dealers well know, Is not
fruit which has shown decay. The
"cull" may be of inferior size or-shoW
i slight bruise, but in all other re
spects be just as good for commercial
purposes as the "A No. 1" quality. Al
present the difference between the
| No. / brand and the "culls' repre-
sents almost a total loss. Here is g
bulletin recently issued by the Unit
! ed States government which tells this
story in amazing figures.
Kind of Fruit and Locality.
California, oranges, 28,317 ears; val
ne, $28,317 900; approximate loss
s424.75O; percentage of loss, LIS Pei
cent.
California lemons, 4,7s2 cars; val
ne, $4,7s2, 900; approximate loss, 1858,
$50: percentage of loss, rs per cent
| Florida oranges, 100000 boxes
value, 100000; approximate loss
s63O,0O0; percentage of loss, I PEI
cent.
In the American possessions and IL
tropical countries in other nations thu
percentage of loss is still greater. 4
bulletin for 1910 from the United
States agricultural experiment sta
ton in Puerto Rico states that from
20 to 25 per cent. Of the grange crol
on the island is lost annually from
decay. Nicholas R. Snyder, Ameri
can consul at Kingston, Jamaica, re
ported last year that fully one-thirt
Of the citrus fruit crops in tina
beautiful country rot on the ground
These fruits, Mr.. Snyder declares
are principally oranges and lemons.
The percentage of losses here est
mated result from the neglect of tn
"culls.'' When the crop is picked tn
rejected oranges mostly are in goo,
condition for the fruit press, and tn
rinds would yield their rich ingred
ents. Thus far the oil in the seed
has been applied to no general CON
mercial use, but the rind is partict
larry valuable.
The oil in the orange skin consist