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ice-making factory ; (2) they may be precooled in a cold-storage 

 plant ; (3) they may be precooled in cars. 



Combination of ice making and precooling. The first arrangement 

 of combined ice making and precooling seems to be advantageous 

 for an ice plant located in a fruit-growing district. It makes busi- 

 ness for the ice plant and furnishes desirable facilities for the 

 grower at storage rates that are less than could be obtained at a 



Fig. 156. Storage brings fruit and flowers together 



Through the process of modern storage certain varieties may be kept over winter until 

 blossoming time the following year 



plant that is operated only for precooling and is therefore able to 

 use its full capacity during only a comparatively small part of 

 each year. 



Cold-storage precooling. Certain rooms in a cold-storage plant 

 may be given over to the precooling of apples. In this way the 

 fruit is brought to the best temperature for shipping, and gen- 

 erally carries through long shipments much better. Only from 

 four to six hours are required to cool the fruit, although a day 

 is much better. 



