Word: citrus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decade, nearly 4,500 new enterprises have located themselves along the inland waterways. Such proud East Coast seaports as New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore are losing cargo tonnage, but river and canal ports steadily gain. Brownsville, Texas, in 1961 handled an astounding 4,100,000 tons of cotton, chemicals, citrus fruit and coffee. Columbia River towns like Pasco and Umatilla have become blossoming grain ports. Biggest winner of all is bustling New Orleans, which in 1961 boosted its cargo business 8% to a record 61.3 million tons. Serving as the connecting point between the Mississippi River complex and the Gulf...
...hard to make friends. The second group, twelve young Germans installed at Kibbutz Ba-han on the Jordan frontier, has had an easier time. Each morning they rise at 5:30 a.m. and head for their assigned chores. Some work on tractors, others in cauliflower gardens or the citrus orchards. Admits a leader of the collective: "We were short of hands until they came along. They are earning their keep...
...California citrus grower, I am in a position to know that nowhere in the world is the consumer so thoroughly protected from harmful residual chemicals as in the U.S. A pox on authors who will pervert the truth for a few lousy bucks...
Many of the oldtimers are already cringing at the thought, are talking of moving on to other secret fishing grounds. Says Hamilton Skelly, a Riverside, Calif., businessman (citrus) who has been idyling at Baja for several years: ''I hate to think about...
Florida has plenty of home-grown industry as well, ranging from fashions to phosphates, from oranges to oysters (which are having one of their best years). Florida's oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and limes, and its fresh and frozen orange juice account for 65% of the U.S. citrus crop, a third of the world crop. Frozen juice has added stability to the business, eases the sharp ups and downs caused by whimsical weather. Oranges have become such a good investment that one enterprising developer is selling plots in groves that he will manage much like a mutual fund, planting orange...