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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 \y 

 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 Fie> 

 are remodeled from old dwelling houses, 

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

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



