Identifier: harvestinghand00duru (find matches)
Title: Harvesting and handling California peaches for eastern shipment
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Duruz, W. P. (Willis Pierre), 1896-
Subjects: Peach Peach
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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OFFSET 3X3PftiC/f P/7CK D/46> Oft/71 3XePf/7Cft P/7CK Fig. 9.—Styles of peach packs. 18 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION Peaches smaller than 96 per box are considered too small to wrapand pack in the peach box in two layers and it is necessary to packin three laj^ers. It rarely pays, however, to wrap peaches of this size.Sometimes small peaches are shipped in plum and apricot crates. Fruit from the packers.—When a packer has finished packing abox it is marked in pencil with the number of fruits, variety, and thepackers number or letter. The packed box is then carried by thefloor boy or the nailer to the nailing press.
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Fig. 10.—A platform truck for loading cars. Note bulge on the boxes. Nailing.—The nailer generally acts as inspector and examines thetightness of the pack, and verifies the number. If the box is not satis-factory in all details it must be corrected. Boxes that are satisfactoryare placed in the nailing press, the top pieces and cleats laid on,pressed down and nailed. Stamping mid stacking.—The stamping and stacking is usuallydone by the nailer. As soon as the box is nailed, it is stamped in inkwith the name of the variety and the number of peaches contained.The boxes are then stacked about ten high. For convenience in count-ing and loading boxes of the same variety and same count should beplaced in a pile. Circular 241) harvesting and handling California peaches 19 LOADING FOR SHIPMENTDELIVERY TO THE CARS The packed boxes are delivered to the refrigerator cars by auto-mobile truck or wagon which should be easy riding to prevent bruisingthe fruit. The load should be packed snugly

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