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which this paper is concerned, there are fewer differences in 

 grades than in other evaporated fruits, because the fruits them- 

 selves do not need any preparation previous to evaporation, and 

 because even a large number of inferior 

 fruits may be lost in the mass. 



"If one contemplates making a large 

 quantity of evaporated products from 

 year to year, he should give particular 

 attention to the plan of his building as 

 well as of the evaporator itself. 

 A basement is handy for coal 

 and storage, and it contains the 

 heating apparatus. The first 

 floor is the receiving room for 

 the fruit, the office, and either 

 this room or a wing contains the paring 

 machines, bleaching boxes, and other ac- 

 cessories. The second floor affords stor- 

 age for the finished fruit. This is stored 

 in piles on the floor, and the latter should 

 therefore be made of a good quality of 

 dressed and matched lumber. Nothing 

 is more essential to an evaporating es- 

 tablishment than scrupulous cleanliness, 

 for the refuse of the fruit soon sours 

 and decays and makes the place a most 

 forbidding one, while a well kept evap- 

 orating establishment has a most attrac- 

 tive, fruity odor. I am sorry to say that 

 there is opportunity for great improve- 

 ment in matters of simple cleanliness in 

 very many of the evaporating establish- 

 ments of this state. 



" Many of the evaporator buildings Fig - 2a - Dog ' or tray rest - 

 are remodeled from old dwelling houses, See page 90< 



shops, or other buildings, But they are rarely as handy and 

 efficient as those which are built for the purpose. It should 



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