holding 10 pounds of apples. These are placed in master cartons holding four 

 10-pound bags and are sold to large cliain scores. The master cartons are not 

 stapled until after filling. The bottom and top of the cartons are stapled by an 

 automatic box closer. 



The Winchester Apple Growers, Inc., in Winchester, and Moore & Dorsey, 

 Berryvilie, are other packing sheds visited. It was of interest to note, even 

 though the varieties grown in this area are firmer than Mcintosh, the bulk bins 

 in common use hold only 14 to 15 bushels arid have the inside height of approx- 

 imately 25 inches. This is similar to capacity and inside height of bulk bins 

 used in New England. 



At one packing shed cull apples were dropped in stove pipes that were placed 

 near the packers, and these rolled to a container in back of the packers. This 

 procedure can be utilized in a number of packing operations in Massachusetts. 



One packing shed sold a number of sized apples in padded crates, 

 sold in bulk and trayed by the stores. 



These were 



J. Hammond McDonald of Stephens City, Virginia, demonstrated a pruning tower 

 and showed ais device for raking prunings. The pruning tower shown below con- 

 sists of two cat walks which can be positioned In the tree by a hydraulic lift 

 attachment on the tractor. The two cat walks operate much like two prongs of 

 calipers and can be spread at various distances from each other. 



The pruning rake utilizes tongs of two hay dump rakes which are attached to 

 a metal bar. The bar is attached to the three point hitch of the tractor and is 

 offset to facilitate raking of prunings under trees. The prunings are raked from 

 under the trees and dumped by stopping the tractor and lifting the rake. Robert 

 Tuttle of Warren has constructed such a pruning rake after seeing Mr. McDonald's 

 device. Two pictures of the rake are shown. 



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