CATALOG 1952-1953


 HE. 432.-Food Technology. 1 hour, and 4 hours laboratory. 3 credits.
The second half of HE. 431-432. Prerequisite: HE. 431. Offered 2.
 In this half of the course, attention is given chiefly to canning, freezing, and dehy-
dration of fruits, vegetables, and their juices. A three-day field trip is required. Text-
book: None.
 HE. 434.-Flower Shop Management. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3
credits. Prerequisite: HE. 352. Offered 2.
 The operation of a retail florist shop, with emphasis on the handling of plants and
cut flowers, and on the making of wreaths, sprays, etc. Two field trips to urban flower
shops and wholesale houses are required.
 HE. 435.-Citrus Culture. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3 credits. Pre-
requisites: HE. 201, HE. 217, SLS. 301-302. Offered 1.
 The growing of citrus fruits, including propagation, selection of site, planting, grove
operations, harvesting and varieties. A three-day field trip is required each semester.
 HE. 436.-Citrus Culture. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3 credits. The
second half of the course HE. 435-436. Offered 2.
 Textbook: Hunger Signs in Crops.
 HE. 437.-Citrus Maturity and Packinghouse Procedure. 2 hours, and 2
hours laboratory. 3 credits. Prerequisite or co-requisite: HE. 435. Offered 1.
 The maturity factors affecting market quality of citrus fruits, of the laws regulating
the shipping or sale of citrus fruits, and of the operation of commercial packinghouses.
 HE. 441.-Commercial Floriculture. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3
credits. Prerequisite: HE. 352. Offered 1.
 The cycle of commercial flower production throughout the year in field and green-
house. Propagation, culture, harvesting, grading and marketing of the crops will be
covered for the florist crops which can be grown in Florida. Textbook: Post, Flower
Crop Production.
 HE. 442.-Commercial Floriculture. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3
credits. The second half of HE. 441-442. Prerequisite: HE. 441. Offered 2.

 GRADUATE COURSES
 Prerequisites: Twenty hours of satisfactory work in Horticulture and ten hours of
satisfactory work in Botany, besides basic courses in Soils, Entomology and Plant
Pathology.
 Through the cooperation of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and its
branch stations, it is possible for thesis research in certain fields to be conducted at these
stations. All thesis research for the Ph.D. will regularly be carried out at one of these
stations.
 HE. 503.-Horticulture Seminar. 1 hour. 1 credit. Offered 1, 2.
 HE. 514.-Advanced Citriculture. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 1.
 An advanced course in citrus growing, emphasizing the problems offered by varying
sites, soils, climates, stocks and varieties.
 HE. 515.-Advanced Olericulture. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Literature in plant pathology, morphology, and genetics as related to the production
of truck crops.
 HE. 518.-Advanced Floriculture. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 A critical survey of the literature and problems of floriculture and ornamental
horticulture.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.