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and considerable publicity has been 

 given to certain findings or certain 

 opinions. This [niljlicity is generally 

 rather undesirable on the part of the 

 producer. We have found this past 

 year that the use of boiling hot water 

 can be made to take the place of lye, 

 and if anything that the general ap- 

 pearance of the prunes when they are 

 dipped into boiling hot water is sujjc- 

 rior to that where they are dipped in 

 the lye. As far as the evaporation is 

 concerned, we feel that we can say 

 very little. 



We doubt if the ideal evaporator has 

 yet been built. The various types 

 which we have, undoubtedly have 

 much merit, and by close study of these 

 different types we will be able to 

 combine certain characteristics in one 

 drjer which should be superior to any- 

 thing that we now have. One great 

 fault with the i)resent dryers is that 

 they are not eflicient. There is a ten- 

 dency for the man who runs the dryer 

 to try and utilize all the heat which 

 comes through the tunnels or stacks. 

 He leads this heat so far that he really 

 loses much heat, and in trying to con- 

 duct it so far the efliciency of the heat 

 is greatly lowered. We have made a 

 careful study of temperatures, ventila- 

 tion, etc., and we feel that by another 

 year we will be able to give you some- 

 thing quite definite along these lines. 

 In regard to processing, will say that 

 we have tried this year two different 

 methods of processing and since we 

 have followed the fruit from the tray 

 to the box we will be able to know 

 which of these systems seems to have 

 the most merit. 



In addition to the work we are doing 

 in the department of horticulture, other 

 departments mentioned are doing some 

 expeiimental work. The department of 

 chemistry is co-operating with the de- 

 partment of horticulture in this study 

 of prune standardization, making what- 

 ever chemical analyses are desired. 

 The department of plant pathology is 

 working on the molds and rots which 

 occur on the prune, and the deijartment 

 of entomology will work on the prob- 

 lem of certain worms and mites which 

 are known to attack the fruit under 

 certain conditions. It is going to take, 

 however, a number of years before we 

 can make much progress and we hope 

 the growers meanwhile will be patient 

 and co-operate in every way possible. 

 It is only by hearty co-operation, by 

 all of us working together, that we can 

 ho))e in the near future to really stan- 

 dardize the prune. 



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 that there is one place in Hood River, 

 under the firm name of R. B. Bragg & 

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