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material before it is sent to the paring machine. The apples under 

 two inches in diameter are used either for chops or for cider. 



Paring Machine 



The automatic hand-paring machine that performs the oper- 

 ations of paring, coring, and slicing, is still used in many farm 

 plants and in a few of the commercial ones, hnt is to a very large 

 < \t< ni he ing superseded in the plants operated by business men. 

 by power-paring machines, and in some cases by automatic self- 

 feeders. 



FIG. 279. SI.K i it MANUFACTURED BY THE BOUTELL MFG. Co., 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Bleachers 



In the large power plant, the operation of bleaching is usually 

 accomplished on an endless belt as it passes through the bleaching 

 box. This box is approximately three feet square in cross section 

 and of sufficient length to give capacity for the completion of the 

 process as the fruit passes through. 



