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trays, as will be seen in the illustration, are somewhat similar to those in 

 the larger machines, but owing to their being shallower they cannot be 

 provided with inset trays, nor can the contents of any of the middle trays 

 be inspected except by raising those above it by hand. By depressing 

 the crossbar at the top the whole of the trays can be raised together. 



It must not be supposed that drying improves the value of fruit. It 

 merely prevents waste, and renders a glut of the summer or autumn a 



Fig, 156. — The " Gnom " Evaporator (Commercial Pattern). 



By pressing the lever C, the trays are raised by means of the compound 

 levers A A, actuated by the rack and pinion B P. On the trays being 

 raised a light iron rod may be inserted in the notches (n) in the wrought- 

 iron frame, which on the lowering of the trays check the descent of those 

 above them, so that any tray may be inspected or withdrawn in any part 

 of the machine. 



saleable product in the winter, on the expenditure of a little capital and 

 some trouble. But it is not nearly sufficiently recognised that the 

 evaporation of the moisture renders the fruit or other material more 

 portable and capable of being packed in a very small compass, and that 

 the evaporated moisture can be replaced and the fruit restored to very 



