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These names are preferred by some fruit dealers to the 

 numerical descriptions representing the quality of fruit, as although 

 No. 2 grade may, for all purposes, be almost as good as No. 1, yet 

 many object to appear dealing in any commodity which is not^first 

 class. On the other hand, those fancy names described above do not 

 convey any very clear and definite idea of the standard which directs 

 their classification, and what appears "extra" or "fancy" to one 

 dealer may not fill another dealer's ideal. 



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Home-made Fruit Grader. 



Of fruit graders a number of types are found in the market, 

 but they are all constructed on the same principle, and the above 

 diagram illustrates an easily constructed home-made grader, which 

 finds favour in California. A strong oblong frame is constructed of 

 4x4 timber about 9ft. apart, well braced, with the uprights set 

 wide enough to allow the shoot to play between them. The shoot 

 (B) is about 12ft. long by 2ft. wide, and is provided with as many 

 screens as it is desired to have grades of fruit. These screens may 

 be made of galvanised iron with holes of the desired size punched 

 into them, and may be changed to suit the kind of fruit to be 

 graded. First comes the dirt screen, 3ft. x 2ft., then, say, the screen 

 of small fruit and culls, which is followed by a larger screen and a 

 larger one again, while the largest fruit may, if so desired, be 

 delivered into a box at the end of the shoot. The lower part under 

 the shoot contains the bins with sloping bottom so that the fruit 

 will slide easily. 



