. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Fig. 179. A peach packing-house for a large busmess. erected in the orchard is often made to serve all the pur- poses of a packing-house. A cloth tent is often used. The appliances needed ia packing- houses, aside from packages and crates, are trucks, sorting- tables, barrel presses, and an abundance of bas- kets, crates or barrels for the refuse fruit. Sorting-tables are of various pat- terns, but those used for apples, cranberries and other firm fruits, consist of a table or tray about twice as long as broad, na
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Fig. 179. A peach packing-house for a large busmess. erected in the orchard is often made to serve all the pur- poses of a packing-house. A cloth tent is often used. The appliances needed ia packing- houses, aside from packages and crates, are trucks, sorting- tables, barrel presses, and an abundance of bas- kets, crates or barrels for the refuse fruit. Sorting-tables are of various pat- terns, but those used for apples, cranberries and other firm fruits, consist of a table or tray about twice as long as broad, narrowed at one end, at which it is open to allow the good fruit to roll off into a basket or barrel. The fruits are placed from the picking-baskets on the table, and a number of persons standing on either side remove the litter and the inferior fruit, while they work the good fruit on into the outlet. Compare Figs. 167 and 172. Of barrel presses there are several styles. The most expeditious is some kind of lever press (Uke No. 3 in Fig. 181), but more pres- sure can be secured with a screw press (7), and such an implement holds itself in place when Fks. ISO. interior scene in Fig. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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