Tools ajid Conveniences of the Year. 



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Step Ladder for Fruit Pickers. — (Fig. 15, page 256). A 

 self-supporting step lad- 

 der with a revolving 

 holder for the basket. — 

 Canadia?i Horticulturist. 



Fruit Picker. — (Fig. 

 16, page 256). A blouse 

 fruit-picker, designed for 

 picking choice fruits. 

 The fruit is taken off with 

 scissors ; it falls into the 

 sleeve and enters the waist 

 of the blouse. If neces- 

 sary, the over plus may be 

 conducted into a padded 

 basket. — Rural New- Yorker, 66j. 



Bean Cleaner. — (Fig. 17.) A swinging sieve for cleaning 

 beans as they are poured into it. The standards should be 

 about 2x3 at the base, and 2x2 at the top. The rack should 

 be about 4>^ ft. long, and is hung on strong wires about 20 in. 



Fig. 17. 



Fig. 18. 



long. P^or beans the size of the Navy, five meshes to the inch 

 will be required ; but for larger beans coarser sieves may be 

 used. — Popular Gardening, v. 11^. 



Hamilton's Fruit Grader. — (Fig. 18.) A new machine 



