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containers used for bringing the harvest from the orchard to the apple shed, and from the shed to the wholesale buyer have undergone changes.
“Hie trend now is to 20-bushel wooden boxes engineered for use with fork-lift equipped tractors, apple picking machines and circulating water that floats the fruit out of the box and obsoletes damaging dumping," said the extension specialist.
Dreiling explained, ‘‘Orcharding is big business. To meet competition, growers musi take advantage of every advancement in orcharding techniques Orchards are getting bigger. Mechanization is essential. Even (hough fruit growers are already using $6,000-S7,000 .. air-blast sprayers, $15,000-520,000 topperhedger-pruners and $6500 fork-lift tractors, they are looking for still further developments to facilitate their operations.
“Modern machinery and wise management will keep or better Virginia’s rank among apple producing states,” Dreiling concluded.
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