Plant Pathology Association tour of Rice Fruit, Knouse Foods, and Penn State's Fruit Research and Extension Center on Jan. 27, 2017.
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(L-R) Lee Showalter (Rice Fruit Manager of Food Safety and Grower Services), Rice Fruit engineer leading the tour, Yongho Jeon, Phillip Martin, Emma Rosenthal, and Kari Peter | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Rice Fruit cold storage for apples arriving directly from the field. (L-R) Justin Shih, Kari Peter, Phillip Martin, Emma Rosenthal, Yongho Jeon, Lee Showalter | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Rice Fruit cold storage for fruit arriving directly from the field | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Fruit shown coming out of the washer at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Fruit shown coming out of the washer at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Hand sorting apples at Rice Fruit to remove those with most obvious blemishes | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Hand sorting at Rice Fruit to remove apples with most obvious blemishes | Image: Kari Peter, Penn State University
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Hand sorting at Rice Fruit to remove apples with most obvious blemishes | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Automated sorting lines at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Apples floating in water as part of automated sorting at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Post sorting lines for one type of apple at a time at Rice Fruit, representing different color, size, and quality (e.g., red for eating, green for cider or other processing) | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Automated sorting lines at Rice Fruit in which stickers are attached to apples. (L-R) Yongho Jeon, Justin Shih, Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Phillip Martin, Rice Fruit engineer, Emma Rosenthal, and Lee Showalter | Image: Kari Peter, Penn State University
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Post sorted packing lines at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Post sorted packing lines for Gala apples at Rice Fruit | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Rice Fruit warehouse for sorted/packed/ready-to-ship fruit. (L-R) Justin Shih, Phillip Martin, Kari Peter, Emma Rosenthal, Lee Rosenthal | Image: Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Penn State University
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Outside Knouse Foods (L-R) Justin Shih, Yongho Jeon, Phillip Martin, Kari Peter, Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, and Emma Rosenthal | Image: Kari Peter, Penn State University
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At Knouse Foods in hairnets in preparation for the tour (L-R) Justin Shih, Yongho Jeon, Phillip Martin, Kari Peter, Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, and Emma Rosenthal | Image: Kari Peter, Penn State University
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(L-R) Justin Shih, Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón, Yongho Jeon, Phillip Martin, and Emma Rosenthal | Image: Kari Peter, Penn State University
