Title: Cirtus fruits under irragation
Identifier: cirtusfruitsunde00scra (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture
Publisher: Scranton : International Textbook Co.
Contributing Library: Penn State University
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KfKJ 8^^/ Some packers have four grades, extra fancy, fancy, standards, and culls. These grades apply to both oranges and grapefruit. The fruit that is graded in the packing house is usually carried past the graders on flat belts in such a manner that they can see each fruit as it passes to the sizing machine and separate it into the different grades. If fancy, standard, and culls are the grades, there are likely to be two horizontal belts, one for the fancies and one for the standards. A chute into which the culls are thrown is also provided. In most packing houses all of the fruit comes to the grader on one belt; all the fruit that belongs in one of the grades—fancy, for example— is permitted to pass, and the fruit that belongs in the other grade—standard, for example—is picked out and placed on the other belt. The culls are picked out and thrown into the chute intended for them. Often there are two or three graders who stand side by side, each one picking out the fruit for the different grades. There is then very little chance for the fruit to be graded improperly. 65. Weighing the Fruit.—When fruit is handled by an exchange or by some concern that packs fruit for many different growers, it is necessary that the quantity of each grower's fruit be known, and automatic machines are often installed for weighing it. The fruit is carried to the machine on a belt, and after a certain amount has collected the machine is tripped and the weight recorded automatically. The fruit then passes on a belt to the next machine. 66. Sizing the Fruit.—Oranges and grapefruit, after they have been cleaned, weighed and graded, pass to the sizing machine, where they are automatically sorted to size. In Fig. 37 is shown a sizing machine used in the Fort Myers, Florida, packing house. The fruit is carried on a belt and passes over a series of openings of different sizes; as a single fruit comes to an opening through which it will pass, it droits through into a shallow bin. All the fruit in each bin is there- fore approximately the same size. The sizes of the openings through which the fruits drop are governed by the number of fruits that can be packed in the standard-sized market package.
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