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BETTER FRUIT 



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The Evaporation of Apples 



Continued from page 9 



through minimizing the hand trimming 

 that will be required. A reduction in 

 cost of operating at this point may 

 prove to be the deciding factor between 

 making money in the business or run- 

 ning at a loss. 



From the peeling machine, the apples 

 should be trimmed by hand when 

 needed, and then pass with the least 

 possible delay into the sulphur box or 

 bleacher. The purpose in this step in 

 the evaporation is not to whiten the 

 apples but merely to prevent oxidation 

 with the resulting discoloration. Any 

 darkening which occurs in the peeled 

 fruit prior to entering the sulphur box 

 will remain uncorrected, which shows 

 the danger of delay in handling at this 

 point. A continuous bleacher is the 

 most satisfactory and reqiures very 

 little power to operate. Experience 

 alone will determine the amount of 

 sulphur to burn and the length of time 

 the fruit should remain in the bleacher, 

 an average estimate for whole apples 

 being forty-five minutes. Leaving the 

 trimmed fruit in a weak salt bath for a 

 few minutes will lessen the time of sul- 

 phuring, but this method has not been 

 used extensively up to this time. 

 Where the apples are to be made into 



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rings, the whole apples generally pass 

 directly from the sulphur box to a spe- 

 cial hand or power machine which 

 slices the fruit across the core hole into 

 whole rings, three-eighths to five- 

 eighths inch thick, unless it is the in- 

 tention to dry the fruit whole or in 

 quarters, which is sometimes done. 

 The slices are next spread evenly over 

 the slatted floor by means of a wooden 

 rake, or by hand where trays are being 

 used. 



Although the time required to dry 

 any one lot may be reduced by spread- 

 ing less fruit on the floor, the ordinary 

 depth is four to six inches. The fire 

 should be started below the floor long 

 enough ahead of time so that drying 

 will commence as soon as the floor is 

 ready. 



The generally accepted temperature 

 for drying is approximately 135 de- 

 grees Fahrenheit at the start, running 

 up to about 17.") degrees at tlie finish. 



The matter of temperature control is 

 very important and in order to success- 

 fully maintain the desired heat reliable 

 thermometers should be used, these 

 being placed where they will record 

 the temperature at the bottom of the 



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