224 THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



A strong hand-barrow is used for carrying pots arid heavy packages of fruit. One 

 may be made as follows : Sides, 6 feet 6 inches long, 3 inches deep, 2 inches wide, 

 tapered at the ends to form handles, giving the hand 4 inches convenient grip ; bars, 2 \ 

 inches deep, \\ wide, one 20 inches from each end, and a third in the middle, all 

 mortised into the sides and level with the under edge, so as to form a body 2 feet wide 

 including the sides. Boards, f inch, may form the bottom, placing them lengthwise, 

 a little distance apart to allow water to pass through, extending 2 inches over the 

 end bars, thus forming a table 3 feet 6 inches' long and 2 feet broad. If an edging 

 be wanted one can be formed of 1-inch board, 2 to 3 inches deep, fixed flush with the 

 sides and ends of the boards, thus forming a box 3 feet 4 inches long and 1 foot 10 

 inches wide. The legs should be 15 inches long, bolted to the sides by an iron rod 

 passing from side to side, and to keep the legs firm, iron straps, clipping the feet of the 

 legs, may be secured to the under side of the side pieces. The sides must be straight- 

 grained ash, free from knots, also the bars. This applies to other forms of barrow, but 

 the sides of the market-garden wheel-barrow are usually elm, which answers well, and 

 for the sides of wheel-barrows generally sycamore and poplar are not so liable to split 

 as deal. 



The fruit hand-barrow (2) has sides 7^ feet long, including handles, box 4^ feet 

 long and 2 feet inside measure, the sides 4J inches deep, 1^ inch wide, ends same 

 dimensions, all fixed narrow side upwards. Two bars, 3 inches by 1 inch, support the 

 bottom, and are dovetailed and secured to the under edge of the sides. The bottom is 

 formed of J-inch boards, which forms a box 3 inches deep. To carry the ends of the 

 boards half-bars should be fixed next the end pieces on the same level as the full bars. 

 The legs, 15 inches long, should be secured by a bolt passing under the bottom, and 

 kept in position by iron straps. This barrow may be entirely formed of deal, free from 

 knots. 



Baskets. Wicker-work baskets vary in shape and size, but a number of baskets in 

 varied proportions are useful and too little regarded in being kept clean and taken care of. 

 Split wood and withes form durable baskets. The Sussex trug baskets, made of willow 

 wood, are light, durable, and generally useful. Market baskets will be subsequently 

 referred to. 



Scraper. Fixed scrapers answer very well if they are placed just at the right spot, 

 which is where the workman would step on a clean gravel path with dirty boots. A 

 portable one (5) is readily made by a blacksmith, as it consists of one side of a |-inch 



