The Canadian Horticnltnrist. 



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the f^ood grain. In \'ol. 1 1, page 196 In using it, the extreme end of the 



A GOOD SORTING TAHi.H !^'^"^^,^ '" t^c barrel is held up by an 



iron liook, which is attached over 

 was described and illustrated, and the rim of the barrel, thus forming a 

 one which \\v have found to serve a pocket into which the first fruit in 



most excellent purpose in lessening 

 the tedious work of fruit packing. 

 A writer in Popular Gardcnhi!^ de- 

 scribes another one which has some 



the barrel falls, without injur\' ; then 

 when this pocket is full the hook is 

 freed, and it is gently lowered to the 

 bottom of the barrel and emptied. 

 The front end of the sorter is of a 



advantages, especially that one of height to allow of a barrel being set 



a provision for emptying the fruit underneath, and the other is three 



• i i.1 1 4.4. fill 1 -.-i ,. inclies higher to admit of the fruit 



into the bottom ol the barrel without , . T', , , , 



, , , ,..,. , , . , , being easily moved along the canvas 



the least bruise, a difficulty which has .^^ -^ -^ ^^^-^^ graded. If more pitch 



to be overcome, when using the other is desired, this is secured by further 



packing table, by means of a basket, tilting up the back end of the sorter. 



In fig. 66 we copy the engraving When not in use, this sorter can be 



of this fruit sorter, and here quote 

 the writer's description of it :— 



The support consists of four legs 

 b, b crossing each other X shape, and 

 held together at the middle by a 

 wooden or iron pin. To the upper 

 ends of these supports are attaclied 



compactly folded up by loosening the 

 end pieces. 



AN EXCELLENT APPLE-PACKEK. 



One of the chief troubles facing the 



farmer who wants to pack his own 



apples is in the heading up of the 



barrels. To stamp the heads in place 



[a with tlie feet is no pleasant 



operation, a mode at first 



tried by the writer, but glad- 



1\- abandoned when the 



much more convenient 



method of using a lever press, such 



,• 1 . . I .1 11- as is shown in fig. 67, was suggested 



two light two-by-three bed pieces, t. /> t>fc> 



extending lengthwise, each support- ''>' ^ f"end. This latter is so simple 

 ing a side-board a of inch stuff, four in construction that any one can 

 inches wide, with a similar piece make it after seeing our engraving, 

 across the back also. ^^^\ it ^ee^g no further description. 



The bottom, c, of the sorter is made ,.., . 1 r 1 1 



\\ here tliere are onl\- a tew barrels 



Mk — CONVKNIKNT FriIT SoKTII'. 



of canvas, this being well tacked at 

 the upper edge on the side and end 

 pieces, with slack enough to form a 

 trough three to five inches deep and 

 hanging free from the sides, in- 

 teriorly. The cross section view- 

 gives the right idea as to its form 

 when ready for use. This canvas, it 

 shoukl be added, extends forward 

 some two or more feet longer than 

 the frame, for reaching down into 

 the packing barrel, as shown by the 

 dotted lines. 



to head, this press will answer all 

 purposes, but as it cannot be handled 

 to advantage by a single person, the 

 screw press was found to be much 

 more economical in a large orchard. 

 It was used by apple packers for a 

 long time, but has latterly been sup- 

 erseded by the apple packer (fig. 68), 

 w'hich we find to be the most conven- 

 ient and speedy of any. This latter we 



