| 1574211 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Rinsing sweetpotato roots. November 1997 |
| 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 |
| 1574208 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
In order to control postharvest decay caused by Rhizopus soft rot, a dicloran fungicide dip is often employed. Here roots are moving out of the dicloran dip and onto a conveyor for further processing. 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 |
| 1574203 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Bin of soil removed from sweetpotato roots at the point of dumping. Placing the dump outdoors minimizes the amount of soil and dust entering the packinghouse. November 1997 |
| 1574202 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Soil removed from sweetpotatoes at the point of dumping onto the packingline. November 1997 |
| 1574201 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato bind dumper. The flap allows some control over the speed of dumping and minimizes injury to roots during this process. November 1997 |
| 1574199 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Outdoor dump tank keeps dust and debris out of a cleaner packinghouse. November 1997 |
| 1574200 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Outdoor dump tank keeps dust and debris out of a cleaner packinghouse. 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? |
| 1572928 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
The sweetpotato washing and packing process begins with dumping roots into a tank of water. Here roots are being pulled out of the dump tank for further processing. May 1997? |
| 1563291 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Roots emerging from lye peeler. Notice off type color of roots (Oct75). |
| 1563292 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Peeled and washed emerging from lye peeler. Roots are headed for the canning operation (Oct75). |
| 1563293 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Peeled and washed roots are headed for the canning operation (Oct75). |
| 1563294 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sheet of sweetpotato pure for flakes (Oct75). |
| 1563295 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Cutting belt |
| 1563195 |
sweetpotato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Sweetpotato roots after curing, washing, grading and packing in cardboard cartons ready for shipment to retail markets. The tern "yam" refers to the moist, orange type sweetpotato. |
| 5362741 |
muskmelon |
Cucumis melo ssp. melo |
A melon processing facility. |
