August, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 21 



Prune Drying 



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 holes on the four sides of the chamber. This 

 practice need not interfere with the ac- 

 customed construction of the tunnels ad- 

 joining each other. 



From the various types of driers and con- 

 ditions of drying, that is to say, tempera- 

 tures, humidities and air flows, in use for 

 the drying of prunes, it is obvious that the 

 success attained is the result of methods 

 developed empirically. Scarcely any scienti- 

 fic information is available for use in com- 

 mercial practice, the driers depending upon 

 their own experience or the experiences of 

 others for methods of procedure in drying. 



Figures compiled by the Market Reporter 

 of the United States Agricultural Depart- 

 ment show that the heavy seasons for bar- 

 reled apples have come in the even years 

 and for boxed apples in the odd years. Ship- 

 ments of boxed apples have been increasing 

 rapidly, but the shipments from barreled 

 sections for the past season were about 

 equal to the box and barrel movement of 

 1918-19. 



The 1920 apple crop totalled 105,000 

 cars. Of this amount 70,000 cars were 

 barreled stock. Shipments of Northwest 

 box apples were 10,000 cars below the 

 movement of the preceding season. 



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