28 HARVESTING, STORING, AND MARKETING 



{John Bean Mfg, Co.) 



Fig. 13. A cleaner and polisher consisting of a combination of brushes 

 and cloth wipers attached to the sizing mechanism. The apples enter 



the cleaner at the kft. 



{Cutler Mfg. Go.) 



Fig. 14. A battery of rotary bin sizing machines, separating the apples 

 according to weight. Each machine has forty-four bins, making pos- 

 sible eleven separations for size in several grades from the standpoint 

 of quality. At the lower left are two stands mounted on castors. The 

 packers place their boxes on them, wheel them from bin to bin, wrap- 

 ping each apple and placing it carefully but rapidly in the box. In the 

 immediate foreground is a conveyor, the top section taking the packed 

 boxes away, the lower section bringing the empty boxes back. Boxes 

 are stamped with variety and grade designations and with the number 

 of apples in the box. Lidding presses fasten the covers. Each machine 

 has a capacity of 200 packed boxes per hour* 



