houses, but was 71 percent of the East Coast houses, and 35 percent of

the other houses. Fruit going direct from grove to cannery was 40 per-

cent of the total of all houses but only 13 percent for the East Coast

houses. The packed fruit of the East Coast houses consisted of 75 per-

cent grapefruit, 25 percent oranges with less than 1 percent tangerines;

the other houses had 45 percent grapefruit, 45 percent oranges and 10 per-

cent tangerines. The East Coast firms averaged somewhat larger in total

volume of fruit handled, ran a larger percentage of their total fruit

through the house and got a higher percentage packout than the other

group of packinghouses.

 When adjusted for the packinghouses not supplying data on

eliminations, the packout averaged 74.3 percent of the fruit through

the house for the 38 houses; 81.5 percent for the East Coast group, and

69.4 percent for the other houses (Table 2).


TABLE 2.--Percent of Total Fruit Received Which was Packed for Shipment,
 38 Packinghouses, 1962-63

 d of F t East Coast Other All
 Houses Houses Houses
 (percent) (percent) (percent)

Oranges 78.0 64.4 68.0
Grapefruit 82.7 72.6 78.0
Tangerines 89.1 81.3 81.7

 All Fruit 81.5 69.4 74.3



 Costs of Packing and Selling, 1962-63

 The cost data made available by the fresh citrus fruit packing-

houses showed the itemized expenses of each for 1962-63 together with the

boxes of fruit handled by kind of fruit and type of container. Distribution

of the various items of cost to each kind of fruit and each container was