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1. Apple Grading and Sorting at Farnsworth Fruit Farm - Print, Photographic

   Circa 1930's apple grading and sorting machine in packing house behind the salesroom at the Frank Farnsworth Fruit Farm in Waterville, Ohio. Apples were turned over and over on a roller so culls could be sorted out. The apples were then sized and delivered to the proper outlet for dumping into wood crates for storage in the cold storage room adjacent to the packing house. This building was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve, 1955.

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2. Dick Farnsworth's Orchard Market - Print, Photographic

   A black and white photograph of Dick Farnsworth's Orchard Market, in Waterville, Ohio. Although the front and side of the building is loaded with pumpkins in this fall picture, the signs in the window tout plums, potatoes, apples, pears, honey and tomatoes, too. He built this building at 706 S River Road (SR 24), sometime after 1952, and opened up the Orchard Market. In 1967, after the market had closed, he sold the property to the France Ston...

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3. Farnsworth Orchard "Filling Station" - Print, Photographic

   Circa 1920's at the Farnsworth Fruit Farm in Waterville, Ohio. The "filling station", was located in a central location in the orchards, on the south side of Waterville-Neapolis Rd. Since there was no city water, or electric power, available, well water was pumped up by a gasoline engine pump, into storage tanks. Tank trucks, hauling water to the sprayer in the orchard, or the tractor drawn sprayer could be filled at this location.

   Record Type: Photo