. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT-PACKING OPERATIONS 63. Heading Presses.—There are several different makes of barrel headers on the market, most of them working satisfactorily. Some of them exert pressure by means of a screwwhile others use a lever. The ones that have the circle (Pig. 50 b) which exerts the pressure on the head is better than the long, flat piece, because of the even diatribution of pressure over the end of the barrel. Where the flat press heads are used they often slip
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT-PACKING OPERATIONS 63. Heading Presses.—There are several different makes of barrel headers on the market, most of them working satisfactorily. Some of them exert pressure by means of a screwwhile others use a lever. The ones that have the circle (Pig. 50 b) which exerts the pressure on the head is better than the long, flat piece, because of the even diatribution of pressure over the end of the barrel. Where the flat press heads are used they often slip sideways and, in the hands of careless packers, do considerable damage to the fruit. Packing Fruit in Boxes.—It requires much more skill and practice to put up a successful box pack than it does with barrels. The apples must be graded to a more uni- form size and more care taken in every way. Boxes are placed on the side of the packing table (Fig. 52), giv- ing the right height to meet the convenience of the worker. These boxes can be put on either end of the grading table to suit the packer, depending on whether he pre- fers to use the right hand or the left in placing the fruit. Each box is fitted with two box-liniag papers. These Fig. 50.—TWO TYPES OF BARREL PRESSES b is preferable, as it exerts a more even pressure on the barrel Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Bliss S. , 1880-. New York : Orange Judd Company
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