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ing receptacle. After it becomes rusty, it may best be dis- 

 carded. One advantage of a tin pail is that a foreman 

 or superintendent could tell for quite a distance whether 

 his men were handling the fruit carefully or not by the 

 amount of noise made in the pail. In many of the 



Fig. 7. DESIRABLE FRUIT PICKING LADDERS 

 a Pointed rung ladder; b three-legged step-ladder. 



"Western states deciduous fruits, such as peaches, plums, 

 etc., are picked in these pails. 



There are also to be found on the market various 

 types of special picking tools. These are usually ar- 

 ranged on some kind of a pole or long handle with a 

 basket or cuplike affair on the end to catch the fruit 

 and remove it from the tree. Sometimes there are 

 little knives to cut off the stems of the fruit; occasion- 



