Fruit -picking Machines . 



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(see Fig. 84). Sueh machines are often very use- 

 ful in the gathering of black currants and goose- 

 berries. For these purposes inverted umbrellas are 

 sometimes used. Cherries are sometimes gathered by 

 being shaken into the machines used for the catch- 

 ing of curculios.. It is needless to say that these 



Fig. 85. Batting the berries. 



means of gathering fruit are advisable only when 

 the fruit is to be manufactured into some commer- 

 cial product, or when the price of fruit is extremely 

 small. 



To lessen the cost of harvesting, and to over- 

 come the difficulty of securing pickers in remote 

 places, a harvester for raspberries has come into use 



