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The storehouse is erected either by a local buyer or by a cooper- 

 ative company. The type of building is shown in the pictures 

 and diagrams. The warehouse is so arranged that delivery from 

 wagons can be made on one side and shipment by rail on the other. 



The apples are hauled to the packing house in barrels, unheaded 

 or loosely headed without grading, except that culls are separated 

 so far as possible in picking. 



/■r/afform for feam de/irtfy. 



Fig. 581.— 



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Fm. 581.— Usual Floor Plan of Packing Houses. 

 Arrows Show Handling op Apples in Packing. 

 Packing Room Generally Placed with >South or 

 Southeast Exposure to Secure Greatest Amount 

 *6 Light 



The second type of central packing house is that in which 

 the fruit is packed for immediate shipment to storage or market, 

 as soon as possible after being received, instead of being held at 

 the packing house for any appreciable length of time. 



Fig. 582. 



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Fk;. 5S2. — Arrangement op Graders in Packing 

 House \Yiien Apples Are to be Immediately 

 Packed and Shipped. Arrows Show Movement 

 op Apples. 



In this manner small quantities of fruit may be packed in 

 cheaply constructed packing sheds without mechanical graders. 

 The accompanying cuts show a type of shed used for this purpose 

 by a Canadian growers' cooperative company, three thousand 

 barrels of fruit being received, packed, and shipped to storage in 

 this shed annually. 



