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THI~ AGREE111F:NT, made ~hi+ _ 15th _ duy ot •TSIIt18ry lg 7~+ .
~Mt~~~~n _ C• A. VAN DER LUGT (R-029-5)
_ Route _ 3LBoa _SOlz_Ft. Pierce,_ _Florida 33450
Ihereinafter ~:~Iled ihe Gm«•er), and TROPICANA PRODl1(TS, INC., uf [iraci~nton. Florida, the Bu3-er.
WITNFSSF.TH:
That the GroH~er, for and in rnnsideration o( the ~k~yments recricecl and to he receivecl, as heminatter recited, has agreed and
ck~ hemby agree to cell to the Bu~•er .dl ecirly, mid~;eau~n and V.ilenci.~ aranRes of good wholesome, memhantable and m.uketnble
q~ality fmm the gn~ve or gm~~c~s hereinafter mentioned. The fruit tn I~e purchasecl, all of which iruit is to be ot good, wholesome,
merchuntable and market:~ble yuality, is a~ follows_
All PINEAPPLE and VALENCIA ORANGES in the C. A. VAN DER LUGT GROVES
known as the HOME GROVE located approximately one-half mile west,of
Header Canal, and approximately one-half mile south of Route 68; and
the GODDARD GROVE located approximately three-fourths mile north of
Route 68 on Rings Highway, both being in St. Lucie County. _
Tropicana Products, Inc. Participation price to be no less than
forty-five (45~) cents per pound of solids delivered. This applies
to the 1973-1974 season only.
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No fruii from an~~ of such Krur~~. i~ Io Ix~ •old or dclivered b~ the Grower to anyone other than the Buyer, without Buyer's written
~x•nni~sion :md Ihi~ c~ntirc~ :i~n~c~nx•n1 i. tu 1~~ a li~•n u~xrn the fruil pnxlui•i~c) in the atx~~•e grove or groves, irres{xctive of any subsequent
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~ t ran~fer of title to them. In tht• ~~~.•nt uf an~• :~itempt to c~ sell to another, the Buyer shall be entiUed to injunctive relief and it any such
-:~le~ or dc~licen~ ic iY~n~wnmated, fhe Gro.cer .hall pay to the Buyer fiff}~ (50C) cenG~ ~?er lwx tor each twx thus sold or delivered, the
;~:~rtie. :~knrink that ~ui•h i~ G•~ir e.lim:ite of Ih~ lu.~ to I3u~~er for f:~ilum to obtain such t?oxes of truit. If fire, strike, Act of God, etc.
~irevent~ F;u~~er fmm ac~ceptin~; :~n}• of Cro~v~•r': truit. Ruyer ~•ill ~?ermit Gro~~•er to sell el`ewhem the amount of Iruit that Bayer is so
~,re~•cnt~~c1 (rum a~•irpti~R. -
'I'hi• fruil i- to Ix~ picked t~v Gruwer and i. to f~e deli~•erecl by Grow•er to Buyer"s processinR plant. In the event that, through cir-
~~umtit.~n~Yw tN•~~~nd hi~: cti~ntrol, the (;rower shall Ixe unable to pick and lo~d the froit, ihe Buyer shall ha~•e the right to do so, charg-
m~; ihc• Cru~~'er for .urh ~c~rvic~• at Ruyer'. i•o-st. In the e~•rnt that, for m:~~ons beyond GroK•er's conlrol. Grov?er shall be unable to
~ran~~x~rt Ih~• fruit, Kuy~r zhall have th~~ riRht to trans~wrt the fruit and to ch.~rRe Grower frans~~ortatiun cosLs of tw~enly (20f) cents
~~~•r n~ne1~ 1`NI Ib.l ~«?und lu~x. In IN~Ih c:~~~~, this .hall tk• Rin•er's rikht, but not obli~atiun. The frait is to lx~ piekc~ and deli~•erecl
.a. and ~~h~•n de.iKnatc~l by Ru~~i~r but in this res~~•1 Ruyer will do his hest to accommodate him.elf to fhe convenienrn of the Gro~+•er.
~I'h~• I;u~v~r ~h.~ll h:~~•e th~ riKht, hut nut the obliRation, to take fruit ha~~ing dcRrees Brix low~er than 9_5`_ He ~hall ha~•e fhe right, but
n~~t th~• ~,hli;;:~tion. t:~k~~ frait h:~vin~; a Krix ac•id raliu of lower th:~n 11 to 1 up to Januar>~ I o( each ~rowing ~e.~~?n and lower than 12
1 att.•r •lanuan- 1 nf ~.u•h ~;ruwin~; ~c~a~on. Ru>•i~r will not 1?c~ required to takr any Temples. ~lurcotts. Tangelac. or Navel Oran~ec.
The fruit i. to 1?e paid for a~ toltu~+-:: The Iiuycr H•ill ad~~ance the Gmwer µ~eekly [or :ill fruit delivered during that week at the rate
~~f i;0°,;, of Buyc~r: s~?ot mark~t priir ~x•r ~x~und of ~olids at the time-of dcli~•ery_ This is to t~e known as ihe "tentative price:' In ihe e~-ent
t!~at th~ fruit ha. I~een pic~ked or tr:~m~x?rt~~cl, or tx~th, by the Buyer, ihe chargec for suc•h servi~~e .4s set forth above are to be deducted
f rum Ihe "tentati~•~~ prie~ ' tx~fore pu)~ment i~ made. 'I'hP final price to he ~~aid to the Grow•er will t?e based upon the amount received by
~ the Ru~•er tor the ~hilled or.~n~e juice ~Id. All fruit rec•eived (rom all sources (inc]uding Tmpic~+na's own oranges, and a!I the
ur.~nges thep may buy) will be u~ed in compufing price and all suppliers will be treated equally. The price for fruit classified as
f•arh• .?nd midcea~~n fruit will be determinecl ~s one cateRon• and the prirn (or fruit clas.cified as late season fruit will be determined as a
~ ~eparate cateRory. The price tor the 6rst cateRon• Iearl~ and mid~e:~son fruit) will be computed as tollows: the Buyer will deduct
from his ~e11inR price (F.O.B_ Bcadenton. Florida), ~rrtain items of cost and profit ~s (ollo~+~s:
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l. For o~ratin~ ex~?en.se~, including planl. storage, freezing,
warehousin~. +elling, administration ex~~en~e~, etc. ti5p per case of chilled juice sold
2. For ~~.-~ck:~ginR m:~terial~. market price of the (oregoing
items or similar packaging as
~ determined by I3uyer (not to be
determined by prices charged by
7ROPICANA PRODUCTS~ INC. affiliated com~nies)
3. Pro6t P. 0. BOX ~ ~ 3°,0 0[ F.O.B. selling price
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