CONTENTS 



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Tin- jea 



Origin and charartt risti.^ 



1 '.,.! value 7 



Geographical distri hi it ion 



Production of peas especially for canning S 



Tiinr and manner of harvesting. . . 9 



;! \aluatioii of cn.p . ... 10 



y ojKrationH . 11 



Vininf or tfafHhing . 11 



\Va.-liin- 12 



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ft r mze 17 



Hand picking ...... M 



Blanching 19 



Filling the cans.... 21 



|Mition of liquor i'4 



Proceemng . . ...._' I 



Cooling the tini.-hrd pr.Mhirt 27 



Examination of commercial canne<l |>eai*.. . 27 



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!'> i-roducte ... 



ILLUSTRATION- 



FKI. 1 Hauling peas at a Wisconsin pea-canning factory 10 



2. Interior of cannery showing squirrel cages for waxhinu JK-HM and the 



brine tanks where they are graded according to quality 13 



3. Testing the peas in a salt solution for quality 14 



4. Separation of three grades of peas by suspension in salt solutions 15 



5. A modern sanitary {tea-canning plant 17 



6. A battery of filling machines j-j 



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