308 THE APPLE CULTURIST. 



is thus completely avoided. A current of dry, fresh, and 

 warm air is constantly circulating through the box -cup- 

 board ; and so long as a particle of moisture remains, the 

 dry air will absorb it. 



An Apple-parer and Slicer. Fig. 125 represents the 

 latest and most approved apple -parer and slicer now in 

 use. As fast as the Fjg 125 



apple is peeled, a pe- 

 culiar - shaped knife 

 cuts the entire pulp, 

 exoept the core, in one 

 long, spiral slice, some- 

 what like a very thick 

 peeling placed on the 

 edge. After an apple 

 is peeled and sliced, 

 with two cuts of a 

 hand -knife every one 

 is laid on the drying- Paring, coring, and slicing machine. 



screen, in twenty to forty neat and thin slices of a uniform 

 size, for drying evenly. With such a machine one person 

 can prepare several bushels per day for drying. They are 

 very durable, and are not liable to get out of order. A small 

 lad, with a little instruction, will soon learn to peel and slice 

 apples quite as rapidly as an adult. One of the most impor- 

 tant considerations is to keep the knives very sharp, so that 

 they will cut easily through all bruised places. This style 

 of parer was invented by D. H. Whittemore, of Worcester, 

 Massachusetts ; but the machines may be obtained of most 

 dealers in hardware in large cities at about one dollar each. 

 The "Lightning Peeler." Fig. 126, on the following 

 page, is a fair representation of an improved " Lightning 

 Peeler." The tines of the fork are secured to the journal 

 in such a manner that they will clasp either a large or a 



