Description of Modern Machinery for Handling 

 Coffee from Tree to Table. 



In the preparation of what is known in the market as 

 unwashed coffee, after the cherry coffee has been picked 

 from the tree it is spread out on " patios " or terraces 

 where it is dried in the sun ; but as this process is subject 

 to the changes of weather and much labor is required 

 attending to it, artificial dryers have been devised, with 

 which a coffee-planter is enabled to harvest his crop 

 without loss. When the coffee in the " cherry " has been 

 thoroughly dried it is run through a hulling and polish- 

 ing machine, of which the accompanying is an illustra- 

 tion. The machine is manufactured by the Fraser Manu- 

 facturing Co., of New York city. 



