Southern California; . the fruit to remove the scales or any surface imperfec-tions. It is then thrown into the grader, a device forautomatically assorting the fruit in lots of uniform size,and as it rolls into the various compartments it is takenout by hand, incased in tissue paper by a dexterous tossand twist, and packed ready for shipment. Each box isthen put under a press where the bulging covers arenailed down, and it is ready to take its place in thefreight car which stands at the door. Here the lioxesare stood on end with an air space between each row,and all are securely fastened with


Southern California; . the fruit to remove the scales or any surface imperfec-tions. It is then thrown into the grader, a device forautomatically assorting the fruit in lots of uniform size,and as it rolls into the various compartments it is takenout by hand, incased in tissue paper by a dexterous tossand twist, and packed ready for shipment. Each box isthen put under a press where the bulging covers arenailed down, and it is ready to take its place in thefreight car which stands at the door. Here the lioxesare stood on end with an air space between each row,and all are securely fastened with braces. When the


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