. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1141. Washington, D. C. May, 1923 EVAPORATION OF FRUITS JOSEPH S. CALDWELL, Plant Physiologist, O'ffice of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations Bureau of Plant Industry CONTENTS Extent and character of !he fruit-drying industry • • • • 1 Principles involved in drying fruits 4 Community drying plants 7 Buildings and equipment for drying 8 The kiln evaporator 8 The individual kiln 9 The kiln-drying plant 15 The apple-drying workroom and its equipment ... 17 The prune tunnelevaporator 24 The operation of the tunnel e
. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1141. Washington, D. C. May, 1923 EVAPORATION OF FRUITS JOSEPH S. CALDWELL, Plant Physiologist, O'ffice of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations Bureau of Plant Industry CONTENTS Extent and character of !he fruit-drying industry • • • • 1 Principles involved in drying fruits 4 Community drying plants 7 Buildings and equipment for drying 8 The kiln evaporator 8 The individual kiln 9 The kiln-drying plant 15 The apple-drying workroom and its equipment ... 17 The prune tunnelevaporator 24 The operation of the tunnel evaporator ...... 27 Smalldriers or evaporators 35 Treatment of the various fruits 35 Apples 35 Treatment of the various fruits—Continued Page Peaches 45 Apricots 49 Pears 49 Cherries 50 Prunes SO Smallfruits 54 Storing the dried products 57 Preparing evaporated fruits for market 58 Packing evaporated apples 58 Packing peaches, apricots, and pears 59 Packing prunes 61 Laws relating to evaporated and dried fruits ...... 62 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1923. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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