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each barrel. That will save a lot of trouble. And each picker 

 should have two pails, so if one is full he can have the other one. 

 One man takes care of the apples and can do the work for four 

 or five pickers. 



I have a wagon on each side of the fruit tree and a plank on the 

 end of the wagon which goes from one wagon to the other, so the 

 pickers can go around the tree without getting off the wagon. One 

 horse can pull the wagon. I also use a hook to pull the branches to 

 me. so that I will not have to get into the tree, as by getting in and 

 on to the tree, the picker will be apt to break some limbs. In this 

 way each picker has a hook. If the hook is not in use, it is hung 

 on a limb so the picker w-ill always have it handy. The handle is 

 six feet long, and is made of wood, so it will not disbark the limbs. 



The apples should be kept inside until frost comes and not in a 

 cellar. 



Two or more pickers should go ahead and pick on the ground 

 all of the lower branches, but should never mix up a fallen apple, 

 which must be kept by themselves, as they will spoil the others if 

 put among them. 



Before I had my sorting pail I used three pails, and it was a 

 good deal of bother to handle the three pails. Now I have it all in 

 one pail on one handle with a strap over my shoulder and a snap in 

 the strap so as to snap it into the handle of the pail, and so I can use 

 both hands to pick wnth. With one hand I hold the limb and with 

 the other I can be picking and sorting. My fruit sorter is useful in 

 all kinds of fruit, such as plums, apples, peaches, oranges, lemons, 

 pears, apricots and potatoes and for a good many kinds of vege- 

 tables,, etc. 



I have a little fruit pocket which I attach 

 to my arm to pick into, so that I will not have 

 to put my hand into the pail every time when 

 I have a few apples or plums. I find this sack 

 useful and handy. It can be made as large as 

 you want it, but one or two quarts is large 

 enough. So I fill that up and keep three or 

 four apples in my hand and bend my hand 

 over the pocket so the fruit will not roll out, and when in the 

 pail I straighten my hand, and then the fruit will roll out into 

 the assorting pail where it is wanted. It is very handy for plum 

 picking and small apples. 



This fruit pail is very handy and will last a long time. 



