. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. 44 BULLETIN 1141, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. provided with tight-fitting, closely -woven screens to exclude insects, and the windows should be curtained to keep out direct sunlight, which would cause more or less discoloration 01 the fruit. If several varieties of apples are being handled, bins or compartment must be pr\ ided, in order that the fruit made from each variety may he kept separate from the rest, part icularly if the products differ considerably in color. The room should be provided with a stove or other source of heat, in orde
. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. 44 BULLETIN 1141, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. provided with tight-fitting, closely -woven screens to exclude insects, and the windows should be curtained to keep out direct sunlight, which would cause more or less discoloration 01 the fruit. If several varieties of apples are being handled, bins or compartment must be pr\ ided, in order that the fruit made from each variety may he kept separate from the rest, part icularly if the products differ considerably in color. The room should be provided with a stove or other source of heat, in order that it may he kept at a temperature of 65° to 75° F. during the conditioning of the fruit. If space permits, the conditioning room may also serve as a storage room in which the dried stock remains until it is boxed and sold. It is obviously bad business practice to store the dry fruit in the evapo- rator, as the danger of loss of the entire season's product by fire is con-. Pig. 14.—A pile of evaporated apples going through the sweating process in a curing room connected with a New York evaporator. siderable. A much better practice is to employ a separate building located at some distance from the drier as a storeroom and to transfer dry stock to it as soon as conditioning is completed. Whatever the location of the storage room, the suggestions as to its construction given on page 57 should be followed. HANDLING THE WASTE. In the usual grades of apples taken to the evaporator there are many specimens that are too small to pare or which for other reasons can not be profitably used in this wTa}7. In the case of some of the larger evaporators which are operated in connection with vinegar factories, these apples, as well as all parings and trimmings, are sent to the presses for "vinegar ; but in the smaller ones these por- tions are usually dried. "When this is done the small fruit separated by the sizer is sliced without paring or coring, in a root cutt
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