BULLETIN 864, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
canvas extends the length of the machine immediately under the 
opening between the tracks, to receive the fruit from the ropes and 
break the fall into the sloping bins. This strip is fastened to a ratchet 
drum at one end by which it may be tightened. The bins (see fig. 1 ), 
which slope about 20°, are in two parts; the sloping floor is heavily 
padded and the bin pockets are formed by the loose canvas at the 
bottom, from which the fruit is taken by the packers. 
OPERATION. 
The peaches from the field are placed in the feeding hopper and 
fed in regular amounts into the spaces between the rollers as they are 
Fig. 4.— Detail of screw -controlled track adjuster. 
presented. The rollers revolve as they travel up the incline, thus 
revolving the peaches which rest on them as they pass before the 
sorters. This is a great aid to sorting, for it makes unnecessary the 
turning of the fruit by hand in order to see the entire surface and there- 
fore makes it possible for more efficient work to be done by fewer 
people than is the case where an endless canvas belt or an inclined 
chute is used for this purpose. 
The sorters remove the defective specimens not intended for pack- 
ing and place them in baskets or chutes attached to the sides of the 
conveyer frame. When the peaches reach the upper end of the con- 
veyer they are delivered to a divided galvanized-iron chute that 
directs half of the fruit to one set of sizing ropes and half to the other. 
