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on handlinsc of fruits, which show from 

 experiniont. the necessity of avoiding all 

 possibility of inoculating fruits with 

 decay." * 



1»ACK1>G HOUSE FURMTURE** 

 The furniture of the packing house 

 consists of the box machine or box form, 

 the possible sizing and wiping machines 

 or the wiping and grading tables or 

 benches, the packing tables, the nailing 

 press, and the clamp or other trucks for 

 handling the loose and packed boxes of 

 fruit. The box machine has found little, 

 if any, use in the apple industry, owing 

 largely to the fact that it would tie up 

 capital, the benefit from which could be 

 enjoyed only to a limited extent by the 

 average grower. The box form is dis- 

 cussed in this article under the caption 

 of Box Making. The clamp truck is a 

 necessity if the packing house is at all 

 large. 



• Better Fruit. September. 1010, p. 10. 

 . ** See also Packing House Management. 



Pig. 11. Clamp Truck. Five boxes of apples 

 are handled at once. 



Wiping and Sizing Machines 



These are of comparatively recent in- 

 vention for use in the apple industry. 

 The chief obstacle in perfecting them has 

 been the necessity of a construction that 

 will allow absolutely no bruising of the 

 fruit, the extreme tenderness of the ap- 



Fig. 12. Apple Wiping Machine. 



Courtesu Enterprise Fruit Machine Co., Zillah. Wash. 



