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THIS AGREErtENT, made this _ day ot ~~~r _ 19 ?2 ,
~~•twc~n __BIVER CI'~iUS~ INC. - - - - ~,-Qli7-l~~
„r ----P. 0. Box 1060~_Ft._ Pierce, Fla~ida 3345~ ;
I herein:~iter ~•alleci the Gmwer), and TROPICANA PROD[J(.TS, INC., of Brudenton, Florida, the Buyer. ~
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That the Gmwer, for and in consideration oi the ~~a>~ments recei~•ed and to be received, as hereinafter recited. has agreed and ~
does hereby aKree to sell to the Buyer all early, midseason and Valencia oranges of go«I wholesome, merchantable and marketable ;
quality from the grove or qm~•es heminafter meniioned. The fruit to be pumhased, all of which fruit is to be o[ good, wholesome, !
~nerch.intable and marketable qualit~•, is ~s f•~Ilow•.:
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25s000 boaea Cco~bination of HAtII.IN and PINSAPPIE Orangee, and
25~000 boaea V1L1~iCIA Oranges. ;
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This contract ia ior the 1972-1973 aeaaon only. ~
Ar~y fi-uit in thia contract not delivered ia aub3ect to the grarrer penalt~ as ~
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No fruit (mm :m~~ of .urh ~;ro~•es i. tn I~c~ .old or deli~~ered by ihe Gmwer to an~one other than the Ruyer, without Buyer's written
{~rmis.ion and this entire agnY•m~~nt i~ lu I~c :i lii~n u~x~n the fruit produ~rd in the atwve Rrove or Rroves, irres~~ective of any subsequent
tr:~a~fer uf.title to thc~~n_ In Ih. ~~.•~•nt of an~~ attc~mpt to ~~ell to another, the Buyer shaU Ik entitled to injunctive relief and if any such
~alt~ ur delivcr~~ i. i•onsummutecl, th~ Gro~rer ch:~ll pay to the Bu~~er fifty (50~) cen4s per boz for each twx thus sold or delivered, the
~~artie~ aRrt~•inK that ~urh i. a L•~ir e:timate of the I~~... to I3uyer for failure to obtain such lx?xes of-(ruit. I( 6re, strike, Act of God, etc_
~revenlc BuyeT frum acceptin~; am oi GroH~cr's fniit, Buyer will ~~ermit GroH•er to sell el.~ew~here the amount of fruit that Buyer is so
j~TeveMcri frotn accepting_ ~
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sI'he~ fruih is to IK• pi~•ked by Grower :md ic to ix~ de•li~•ercYl bt Growrr to Buyer's proc-es.ging plant. In the event that, through eir-
~•um~f:~n«ts Fk~~~ouJ his cti~ntrul. the Grow'er tihall hc~ unable tu pick and luad the frait, the E3uyer sh~ll have the riRht to do so, charg- _
~n~tlN~ Gro~+rr.for ~w•h ~c•rviir at Ruyer's cost. ln the event ihat, for reasons t~eyond Grow•er's control, Grower shall he unaMe to
~r:~n.:jN~rt lh~•~ruit_ Kuy~r .hall hav~ ih~• ri~ht to tr:ins~x?rt the fruit and to charRe Grow~e: trans~~orlation cost~ of twenl~~ (20~) cent~
E~~•r nin~•1~~• I:If1 Ih.l ~N~und IN~x. In lx~th i•:i~«. Ihis .hall !x• Ruyer's riRht, but not obligation. The fruit is to 1?e pickecl and deliverrci
:u~d wh~~n dt~.i~;n:+tc~i by Ru}er hut in this re~~~•t Ruy~er w•ill do his txst to accommodate himself to the com~en~ence of the Grower.
"I'h~• Ruv~ r.h:~ll ha~•e th~ ri~ht, hut not the obliRation, to take truil havin~ de~rees Brix loHer than y.5°_ He chall h:~ve the riRht, hut
~n~t Ih~••~bti:;:rtion, t~~ takc~ fruit h:~~~in~; Rrix a~-id r.dio of lo~~•er th:in 1 i to 1 up to-lanuar~• 1 of each Rro~?~inR .i•:~.on and low~er than 1?
1:~ft~~r •l:~nu:~n~ I~~f e~a~•h ~roK•in~; H•a•un. Ruy~•r Nill not IH~ n~c~uire~l to takc• an~• Tem~,les. Dturcotts. TanRelac. or Nacel nrang~~. .
Th~ (ruit i. to be p:+id tur a. fnllo..•.: The Ru~•er w~ill :idvance the Gm~ver ~~•c•ekl~~ for all fruit delivered during that week at the rate
~~f t~^„ of Ru~~er: s~x~t marki•t pri~~e ~rer ~x>und of :olids .it the time of delivQry. This is to be known as the "tentative price." In the evenl
• iiat the fruit h:i, i~crn pi~•k~Kl or tranc~„~rlecl, or t~oth, b~• the Buyer, the c~har~e~ for wch servi~r as set forth above are to he deducted
~ t rum the "tentati~r price" Ix•fure p:p me~nt i. m:~de. The final prii~e to t?e paid to the Grow•er will be based upon the amount mceived by ~
~ the Ru~•er for the chilled oranKe juice sold. All fruit rec-eived fmm all sources ~including Tropicana's own oranges, and all the
~~ranges the~~ may huy) H•ill F~e usecl in computin~ price and all suppliers will he tceated equalh•. The price for fruit cla~cified as
~ ~~arh~ :~nd midseason truit wil) 1~ determined ac one cate~or~• and the price for fr~it claasified as late season fruit r~ill be determined as a
~~~parate category. 'I'he price for the fir5t categor~~ (earl~~ and midsexson fruit) will be computed as follows: the Buyer will deduct
~ from his celling price (F.O_B_ Bradenton, Florida), rertain items of cost and profit as follows:
1_ ForoEx~r~ting expenses, includinR plant. ~tora~e, freezinR,
w~arehou~inK, ~ceUinR, administration ex~~en~e., et~-. f,5c per c•ase of chilled juice sold
2. For packa~in~ material~. markel price of the foregoing
items or similar packaging as
determined by Buyer (not to be
determined by prices charged by -
atf'iliated companies)
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3. Profit 60~~"~ 3 0 of F.O.B. selling price }
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