. The commercial apple industry of North America. amine the apples and then pass them to the siz-ing mechanism, and packers stationed at the bins imme-diately pack the fruit. Carriers or conveyors bring emptyboxes to the packers and carry the packed boxes to thenailer. The packed fruit is then nailed, stamped andcarried by conveyors either into storage or into the car forshipment. The movement of fruit to the car is delayedonly by temporary storage as it is being fed into the emphasized before, it is important that the fruit con-tinue in one direction when passing thi*ough the packing
. The commercial apple industry of North America. amine the apples and then pass them to the siz-ing mechanism, and packers stationed at the bins imme-diately pack the fruit. Carriers or conveyors bring emptyboxes to the packers and carry the packed boxes to thenailer. The packed fruit is then nailed, stamped andcarried by conveyors either into storage or into the car forshipment. The movement of fruit to the car is delayedonly by temporary storage as it is being fed into the emphasized before, it is important that the fruit con-tinue in one direction when passing thi*ough the packing-house. Careful attention should be given to the disposi-tion of culls which are likely to cause congestion if left toaccumulate on the packing floor. Removing the culls toelevated bins by conveying belts or allowing them to passby means of canvas chutes into the basement are two meansof solving this problem. The increasing value of cullfruit makes it advisable that this part of the crop behandled with great care to prevent unnecessary
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