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4 x 4 timber about 9ft. apart, well braced, with the uprights set 
wide enough to allow the shoot to play between them. The shoot 
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screens as it is desired to have grades of fruit. These sereens 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 sereen, 3ft. x 2ft., then, say, the screen 
for 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 slopmg bottom so that the fruit 
will slide easily. 
The sereens shown in the lower part of the illustration are for 
apricots and plums; larger holes would be required for larger 
fruits. 
The shoot is hung on the uprights with iron straps about one 
foot long, in which holes are punche so that the pitch of the shoot 
may be changed. A rocking motion can thus he imparted to the 
shoot by means of a lever bolted to the under side of the frame. 
