TY - JOUR AU - Hield, H. Z. AU - Lewis, L. N. AU - Palmer, R. L. TI - Orange fruit-stem separation …chemical influences JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1969/05/01 VL - 23 IS - 5 SP - 12 EP - 13 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v023n05p12 AB - THE TRADITIONAL METHOD of harvesting citrus fruits in California is hand clipping the fruit stem flush with the fruit button. Increasing picking costs and large labor requirements of this operation have focused attention on the development of more economical methods of mechanical or hand removal.