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Home My WebLink About0256 ~ ~ ~8~391 r~t ~220 THIS AGRF.EAIF.NT, made ihis ^ 17th___- d.•~v or April 1974 ~ t,et~~~n __PULITZER GROVES: Ralph Po~Del l.i ~g~~- (A-B~ 66-5~ _ P. 0. Box 1600, Ft. Pierce, Florida 33450 - - - - - ~ ~ heminaher c:?ltc~cl th~ GroK•er1, :~nd TROPI('ANA PRODU('TS. II~IC., of Rr:identon, E lorid:~, the Ru~•er. - • WITNESSETH: That the Gmwer, (or and in comideration of the pavments rereieecl and to be recei~•ed, as heminafter recited, has agreed and does hernb5 aRree to sell to the Buyer all earlp, midseawn and Vulenci:~ oranges o( good wholesome, merchantable and marketable quality (rom the grove or grovec hernin<ifter mentioned. 1'he fruit to be purchased, all of ~vhich fruit is to be of good, wholesome, ~nerchant:ible and marketabie quality, i. xs (oliows: All VALENCIA ORANGES in the PULITZER GROVES known as MILL-RACE GROVE #1 located south of Midway Road, approximately two miles west of Tropicana plant, being in St. Lucie County. ~ ~ ~ I . ~ , _ ~ No truit from any of ~u~•h ~;rm•~~. i~ to tx• .old or deli~~erc•cl b~• the (:mH~er to anyone other ihan the Buyer, without Buyer's written ~ ~xrmi±sion and thi~ entirn :~gr~rm~•nt i. tu iw~ :i li~~n u~~on ihe fruil proclucrd in ttie ~ii?ove ~rove or gro~~es, irrespective of any subsequent q~ tr:~nster of tiUe to fh~~in. I~ th~~ e~~ent ~if :~n~• nitem~~t to co sell.to another. the Buyer shall t?e entitled to injunct~ve relief and if any such ~,ile or deliven• is con~um~n:~tcYl, th~ GroH~er shall p:~y to the Buyer fifty (50t) cenGs ~~er !wx for each box thus sold or delivered, the partic~ agreeing that su~•h i: G•~ir estim:~te of thr lo~. to Buyer for (:iilure to oMain such boxes of fruit. It 6re, strike, Act of God, etc. pmeent. Buyer from ac~rptin~ am~ of Gro~.f~r'~ fruit. Buyer will ~~ermit Gmwer to ~11 elsew•hern the:~mount of fruit that Buyer is so ~tteveM~Y1 from :~c~rpling- The fruif i. io IM ~)11'ICMI flY Gru~~•~r and i~ to I~c~ d~tivercY! h~ Grower to Buyer's procesting plant_ In the event that, thmugh cir- ~•umstance. tx•~und his cy~ntrul. th~ Gru~cer shall t?e unable lo pick and I~~ad the fruit, the Bu>•er sh:+ll ha~~e the right to do so, charg- +n~; Ihc• GmH'~~r fur .u~•h ~rvi~•~• at Buy~er'. ~•ost_ In 1he c~~ent Uia1, for re:~sons beyond GroN-er's control, Grower shall t?e unable to rram~N~rt thi• fn~it. Ruyer ~hall h:~~~ thc~ riy;ht to tran~~x~rt the fruil :~nd to charRe Gro~~•er tran.~~ort:~tion cost~ of iwenly (20~) c~nt~ ~~er nin~•~>~ !`M? I6.1 ~N~und Iwrx. In IN~th c:ne~, this shall (x• Ru~~er's riRht, hut not obliRation. The fruit is to l~e picked :md deli~~erecl and ~clu•n d~~i;;n:~t~d hy 13uyer but in this re~~xti•t Ruyer w-ill do his lmst to .?ecommodate himsel[ to the conveniencr of the Gnnver. "fh~• Ru~~~•r :hall ha~•c the riKhl, hut not the ubligation, to take fruit h:rving deKrees Rrix lower than 9.5°. He shall have the right, but not Ihi~ ~~hlir:dion. t~~ tak~~ fruit h:winr a Rrix acid r.di~~ ot lo~cer Ihan i l to 1 up to •I:inuan• 1 of Pach Rrowing st>a~nn and la~~•er than 12 t~~ 1 aflrr •l:~nu:~rv 1~d e•ai•h ~;row•ing ~~~a:un. Ruy~•r «ill not IH~ n~c~uirecl to tak~ any Temples. lturc~tts. Tan~eln4. or Na~~el OranRes. Thc fruit i. tn iM ~r.~id for a: follo~c,: The Ru~er will ad~•anir the Gmwer ~~cekty for all lruit delivered during that week at the rate ~~t 80,°;, of I3uyer~' s~wt market pri~r ~~r ~wund of ~nlids at the lime of deli~•en. This ~s to t~e known as the "tentative price." In the event that the fruit ha~ IH~~n pic•kecf or tr.m,~x~rtetl, or I~oth, by the Ruyer, the rhar~es tor such .en•i~r as set forth above are to be dedueted 1 ~om the "lentati~~e price" twfure {r.~cnx~nt i. m:~de. The fin:il price to be paid to the Gro~n•er K•ill he I?:~sed upon ihe amount received by the Buyer for the chillecl orange juice sold. All fruit received (rom all sources ( including Tropicana s own oran~es, and all the ~ ~ uranRes the~• may buy) Kill be used in computing price and all suppliers will t?e treated equalt~•. The price tor fruit classified as c.irly and midseason fruit will he determincc) as one cate~or~• and the prirn for fruit classified a~ late ceason fruit w•ill be determined as a ~ e rate cateRor~•. The irice for the first cate~orn learly and mid.e:~~on iruit) K•iil i~e computed ac (ollow~: the Buyer N711 decluct ~ (rom his selling price (F.O.B. Bradenton. Florid~), crrtain items of rost and pmfit as follows: ' 1_ For o~x~ratinR ex~~n~, includinR p1anL storaRe, f reezing, ~x-. K•~rehou~inR, sellin~, administration ex~~ensea, etc. 65C per case of chilled juice sold ~ - • 2. For ~h~ckaginR materials. market price of the foregoing items or similar packaging as TROPICANA PRODUCTS~ ~NC. determined by Buyer Inot to be determined by prices charged by P. BpX ~ a(Titiated companies) 3. Profit BRADENTON~ fLORIDA 3 0 of F.O.B. selling price 2~ ~3~_p ~ ~ r ~ r 228 eACE _ - - _ ~..e- ~ ~ ~ ; " ~ . ' ~ _ ~~~-~-~n~ , ~ . _ n _