The Picking of Fruits 



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tree. The so-called tripod ladders are shown in Fig. 141, 

 and the Japanese ladder in Fig. 142 (both adapted from 

 Ore. Bull. No. 118). The picking scene in Fig. 138 shows 

 ladders in actual use in tall apple trees. 



Fruit-pickers and harvesters. 



The various kinds of fruit-picking devices on the 

 market are useful only for gathering the few outlying 

 fruits on the tall and far-reaching limbs. In Fig. 143 are 

 shown some of the fruit-picking implements, as follows : 

 No. 1, picker com- 

 posed of two 

 pincer-like jaws, 

 with wire guards to 

 receive the fruits, 

 the jaws being 

 closed by means of 

 a cord, which is 

 worked below (2 

 and 3) by a catch; 



4, hook used for 

 cutting off the 

 fruits (the curved 

 edge being sharp); 



5, V- picker with 

 delivery sack; 6, 

 bag-picker, hung on 

 a wire frame (as 

 shown in 7); 8, a 

 wire finger -picker; 

 9, cranberry picker 

 (now probably little 



USed) ; 10, 6-quart FIG. 143. Different implements for picking fruits. 



