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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



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The Corralitos Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, of Watsonville, states that the 

 association installed five Price fruit 

 graders the past season, and were able 

 by the use of these to reduce greatly the 

 cost of handling the fruit, as well as to 

 put out a much finer and more uniform 

 pack. 



We have dozens of such testimonials 

 which show the value of these ma- 

 chines. All machines enumerated have 

 had kind words said in their behalf. 

 There is no attempt on the part of the 

 College to recommend one of these ma- 

 chines over the other. It would simplx 

 call the growers' attention to the fact 

 that these machines are on the market, 

 that they are giving efficient service, 

 and that our readers can avail them- 

 selves of the opportunity to investigate 

 by writing to the manufacturers and 

 getting the names of growers who have 

 used their machines, or they can attend 



the numerous state fairs and apple ex- 

 positions and see these machines work- 

 ing. We feel confident that in the very 

 near future nearly all the fruit in the 

 Pacific Northwest is going to pass 

 through the mechanical sizers. 



Many of the fruit packing houses are 

 finding that the gravity carriers or con- 

 veyors are proving to be great money- 

 savers. They do away with much truck- 

 ing, help to systematize the handling of 

 the fruit, and aid in the rapidity of 

 handling. These gravity carriers come 

 in many forms, such as a series of roll- 

 ers or carriers, inclined planes or con- 

 veyors, and chutes which take boxes 

 from floor to floor. They can be used 

 lirst to take the fruit from the wagon 

 as it is hauled to the house, and later to 

 the grailing machines. Another carrier 

 takes the packed fruit from the macliine 

 to tlie nailer. From liicrc it is placed 

 on the carrier again and taken to the 



storehouse. From the storehouse it can 

 be taken on a carrier right into the car 

 where it is loaded. Additional convey- 

 ors can also be used to take the empty 

 boxes from the grading machine to var- 

 ious parts of the house, where they can 

 be stacked ready for the fruit growers. 

 Various chutes can be constructed to 

 enable one to secure the boxes for pack- 

 ing easily from the attic or loft. The 

 Hanauer-Graves Company, of Spokane, 

 Washington, have two houses that are 

 splendidly equipped with these convey- 

 ors. One of their houses is known as 

 The Meadow Lake - Waverly Holding 

 Company. Mr. A. E. Peters of the Hood 

 River Apple and Storage Company has 

 installed such conveyors in the com- 

 pany's packing house, and finds them of 

 great value and aid in the work. 



Every packing house which handles 

 a large tonnage should have efficient 

 nailing machines. There are still too 

 many houses \vhich have rather cum- 

 bersome machines for the nailing of the 

 boxes. The time may come when we 

 may be able to nail our boxes mechani- 

 cally; at least, the time is not very far 

 distant when in the larger community 

 and association houses it will probably 

 pay to install box machines for the 

 manufacture of the boxes for packing, 

 or for field boxes to be used in the 

 orchards. The small individual grower 

 cannot possibly afford such machinery, 

 but where thousands of boxes are to be 

 used it will pay the managers to inves- 

 tigate the possibilities of such machines. 



The writer is not attempting in this 

 bulletin to give a complete analysis of 

 the cost of handling the fruit crop. 

 Such a report has already been given in 

 Station Bulletin 132, entitled "The Econ- 

 omics of Apple Orcharding." That bul- 

 letin gives the cost of harvesting and 

 handling the crop from a thousand 

 orchards in the Northwest, and is 

 available for distribution to those 

 growers who desire it. The figures in 

 that bulletin indicate that the average 

 cost of handling the crop, including the 

 picking, packing, hauling and cost of 

 materials required, ranges from 30 to 35 

 cents. However, in the larger houses, 

 and in many of the community houses, 

 figures of from 4 to 9 cents a box less 

 than these have been secured. In fact, 

 there is one community house that, it is 

 claimed, puts up a good pack for as low 

 as 24 cents. There are certain varying 

 factors which will determine the cost, 

 such as tonnage, arrangement of build- 

 ing, business management, etc. One 

 fact stands out very clearly, however, 

 namely, that the average is too high. 

 We know this because those growers 

 who have taken the average of the 

 Northwest and have worked carefulh 

 for a few years have generally been 

 able to reduce the cost of handling from 

 4 to 8 cents a box in a period of two or 

 three years. 



Continued in next issue 



Fruit buyers pay better prices for 

 apples in clean orchards: they can see 

 the fruit. Its quality shows up. It 

 looks easy to handle. The man with a 

 neglected orchard never gets what his 

 fruit is worth. 



