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1574210 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato grading.  Roots with blemishes or poor shape are tossed into the center conveyor where they move to another destination. November 1997
1574209 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Manual grading of sweetpotato roots. November 1997
1574207 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Some sweetpotato dumps occur in two stages: 1) a dry dump onto a conveyor then 2) into wash water.  November 1997  
1574206 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots flow from the dump tank onto a conveyor aided manually by a wide broom. November 1997 
1574205 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Water rinse on packingline. November 1997
1574198 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Dump tank full of sweetpotatoes. Note the amount of skinning on root surfaces. November 1997    
1572943 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots in water treated with Botran fungicide to prevent decay caused by Rhizopus soft rot. Roots are being lifted onto a conveyor for the next step in the packingline. May 1997?
1572942 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots in water treated with Botran fungicide to prevent decay caused by Rhizopus soft rot. May 1997
1572937 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sizing sweetpotato roots.  Gaps between bars increase as roots travel, dropping onto different belts below. May 1997
1572931 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed where wax is applied. May 1997?
1572930 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed where wax is applied. May 1997
1572929 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots rolling along a brush bed. May 1997?
1572925 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. May 1997
1563261 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader; very mobile (Oct75).  
1563262 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader diggins roots after the vines were mowed (Oct75).
1563264 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester diggins roots and lowering them them into a trailer.  (Oct75).

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