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The 3300-square-foot Apple Packing House at Sedona Heritage Museum contains even more fascinating exhibits. There's also the Tractor Shed, and a lot of antique farm equipment scattered along the pathways of the park.

The 46-foot apple machine
This remarkable relic of the 1940s is powered by three electric motors. The front section brushes the fruit, which is then transferred onto two conveyor belts in the second section.  Attendants on both sides of the conveyor belts toss any imperfect apples onto the center return belt for cider.

The good fruit continues to the third section, where each apple drops into a canvas pocket and is carried to 12 individual spring scales on a sizing chain along the line.  The heaviest pieces drop into the first of 12 rotating bins, and the others gradually drop into succeeding bins.  The smallest fall into a box classified as  "schoolboy size" apples.

Our vehicle fleet includes a 1942 Ford Maxim fire truck, which was originally built for the US Army, and later saw service in the Sedona area.  It has been beautifully restored, and has graced numerous parades and delivers Santa Claus at Christmas. An 1850 spring wagon and an 1898 jumpseat buggy have been donated to the Sedona Historical Society.

Our tractor shed houses a Farmall steel-wheel tractor and a Caterpillar D-2 tractor, both put back into full operating condition by the Society.   Being preserved here also are a tractor-drawn sprayer, a variety of smudge pots and other equipment used in the orchard operations.