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Show HOW RAISINS AIRE SEEDED. BM li(nlon Maehln.a That Tarn Oat SH i.r Tweli Tuns Dally. HH Unlike the eastern Imitation, tb HH California seeded raltln Is subjected 10 HH a dry temperature of 140 degrees Fflh- rrnhelt from three to five hours, Itn- mediately after which the fruit la sub- mttted to a chilling process, and while In this reduced condition of tempera- HJ lure Is psssed through cleaning or "brushing" machines, which remove. HH every particle of dust and tho cap HH stems, thus making It a pure and wholesome srtlcte It Is then taken automatically, by elevators, to a room HB where, spread upon wire trays. It la "ImI expoted In a temperature of 130 do- LfH grees Fahrenheit, which brings the jffl fruit back to Ita normal condition, 9Bj and in thla "processing" the berry I l&K converted Into pectin, that dolltlou IMI Jelly which glvea to trulta their beat WHt flavor The raltlnt having been pro- jKjj pared through this alternate beating H and chilling lo keep Indefinitely and ID resist climatic Influences, are passed through seeding machines, each ot ) which baa a capacity of from ten to H twelve tons dally The raisins are pressed between rubber or similar tur- HJ faced rollers, which at first flatten tha berry and press the seeds to tho tur- face, when an Impaling roller catches the seeds between Its needles or tettll ' sdlied lo Its periphery, deftly remov- H Ing every particle of tho flesh. Th HH seeds aro removed from the roller by a HH "flicking," or whlsplng device, and an sent along to the seed rreeptscle, final- ly ending their Journey In the engln H room, where they are burned as fuel. Four hundred and fifty carloads of ten tons each, or 9,000,000 pounds of seed- H ed raisins, were shipped from the Free- no district lost tear, and a very much larger tonnage will lo turned out this I year Some estimate ran bo formed ot the possibilities of the Fresno seed- ed raisin plants when It Is staled that BH their aggregate capacity for thla tea- ton will approximate from 1,100 lo 2,- HB 000 rarlnadt, while It I probnble that 1,400 rarloada will be the output. Each teedlng plant hat from five to twelvt machines of ten tons dally capacity pet machine. Some of the packing houtet cover a ground space of 1C0 by 228 HH feet and are three stories high. |
