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that the apple we have started on its journey through the 

 grader has persistently declined to pass through the open- 

 ings in the first belt; but if it is less than two and three- 

 quarter inches in diameter it will drop through the open- 

 ings in the second section into a bin at one side having a 

 canvas bottom. If this apple should be more than two 

 and three-quarter inches in diameter, and less than three 

 inches, it will drop through the third section, for the holes 

 in this belt are three inches in diameter. If it is larger 

 than three inches then it passes on out at the end of the 

 chute. 



In sorting-, "fancy" apples are placed in one chute and 

 "choice" in the other. The machine does the rest. 



"The chute for the 'choice' grade is arranged exactly 

 the same, except that the openings in the first belt are two 

 and a quarter inches in diameter, the next section has holes 

 two and a half inches, and the third section has openings 

 two and three-fourths inches in diameter, 



