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tappahannock Fruit Growers ince it was first organized. Some >f the women employees have )cen there almost as long. The apple industry is •onstantly changing and the most loticeable changes are in nachinery for washing, polishing, grading and packaging. When they itarted, the Cold Storage shipped i lot of apples in barrels; now nost of them go out in plastic Dags, already weighed and packaged for the consumer. For a few years after World War II, wooden baskets, face-and-fill boxes, and Northwest boxes were used. More recently the tray pack and plastic bag has become popular for fancy dessert apples as well as for the Supermarket trade.
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