APPLES 
on handling of fruits, which show from 
experiment, the necessity of avoiding all 
possibility of inoculating fruits with 
decay.” * 
PACKING HOUSE FURNITURE** 
The furniture of the packing house 
consists of the box machine or_box form, 
the possible sizing and wiping machines 
or the wiping and grading tables or 
benches, the packing tables, the nailing 
press, and the clamp or other trucks for 
handling the loose and packed boxes of 
fruit. The box machine has found little, 
if any, use in the apple industry, owing 
largely to the fact that it would tie up 
capital, the benefit from which could be 
enjoyed only to a limited extent by the 
average grower. The box form is dis- 
cussed in this article under the caption 
of Box Making. The clamp truck is a 
necessity if the packing house is at all 
large. 
* Better Fruit, September, 1910, p. 19. 
** See also Packing House Management. 
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Fig. 11. Clamp Truck. Five boxes of apples 
are handled at once. 
Wiping and Sizing Machines 
These are of comparatively recent in- 
vention for use in the apple industry. 
The chief obstacle in perfecting them has 
been the necessity of a construction that 
will allow absolutely no bruising of the 
fruit, the extreme tenderness of the ap- 
Fig. 12. 
Courtesy Enterprise Fruit Machine Co.., 
Apple Wiping Machine. 
Zillah, Wash. 
