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Fig. 15. Apple Sizing Machine, Side View. 
Courtesy Jones Apple Grader Co. 
increasing diameter in successive belts. 
The apples are guided to roll tranversely 
from the assorting table upon the first 
belt, and if too large to drop through 
the grading holes they are guided to roll 
tranversely upon the second belt, and so 
on to the third belt, and over the end. 
Canvas pockets receive the graded fruit 
and allow it to roll upon the packing 
tables at sides and end of the machine. 
From hopper to packing tables the fruit 
touches only canvas or rubber, and is 
protected from bruising. 
Fig. 16. 
Courtesy Jones Apple Grader Co. 
Apple Sizing Machine, Top View. 
Packing Tables 
Where neither sizing machine nor sort- 
ing table is employed, and where box to 
box sorting is practiced, two types of 
packing table are in use in the North- 
west. One has a sagging burlap top to 
hold the apples loose, the other has an 
inclined solid or framework top to hold 
the apples in boxes. 
Hollow Top Type 
A style of this type frequently recom- 
mended is described by Lowell B. Judson, 
Horticulturist, University of Idaho, thus: 
“It accommodates two packers and allows 
free access to the ends for refilling. The 
favorite size is 3x4 feet, as it allows any 
part to be easily reached by either packer, 
and yet holds plenty of fruit, that is, 
three or four boxes. The full length of 
the legs is three feet; they come up in- 
side the frame flush with the top, but 
should be sawed off on a slope inward to 
prevent the corners bruising the apples 
through the burlap. The real test of the 
proper height of the table is the height 
of the box when in position on the sup- 
ports; if the packer’s extended fingers 
just touch the lower inside corners of 
the box as he stands erect before it, the 
height is correct. Table legs three feet 
long usually fill these conditions. <A 
board nailed across the end and another 
running across underneath serve to sup- 
port the box at a convenient angle for 
packing. The latter board should, in ad- 
dition to being nailed, be fastened with 
wire, or in some equally secure manner, 
as there is constant and often heavy pres- 
sure upon it. Commonly the box sup- 
ports are arranged at diagonally oppo- 
