FRUIT-GATHERERS. 



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immediate consumption. The ladder, hook, and hand are 

 the only safe and expeditious fruit-gatherers. Some are 

 made in the form of 'a vase of wood or tin placed on the 

 end of a pole. The edge of the vase is toothed, and 

 when the stem of the fruit is taken between two of the 

 teeth, and slightly twisted, it drops. Others are composed 

 of a pair of shears on the end of a pole, to which a basket 

 is attached that slides up and down the handle. 



Fig. 190. BARROW-ENGINE. 



The Grape- Gatherer resembles a pair of shears com- 

 bining the property of pincers. They cut a bunch of 



