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The Nurseryman's Hoe has two prongs about 

 nine inches long. It is designed for grubbing around trees. 



The Hexamer Hoe has six steel prongs, wedged 

 into a clamp at the end of a five foot handle. It is val- 

 uable for loosening earth too hard for the ordinary hoe, 

 and especially for working in stony gronnd. May be 

 reduced to four or two prongs by drawing the wedge ; 

 broken tines may be replaced in the same manner. 



Planet Celery Earther or Hiller. This, a two- 

 horse implement, is something like a cultivator, but, in 

 place of the side arms, has two hilling steel wings forty- 

 five inches long, the rear ends of which may be expanded 

 or contracted to such varying widths of rows, or the 

 wings may be elevated as the hilling becomes higher. It 

 is also made with a single wing. An iron rod called a 

 leaf lifter runs from end to end of the machine outside of 

 the wings and lifts the leaves, that the earth may be 

 thrown up close against the stems. The machine is also 

 useful in cultivating sweet potatoes. 



WHEEL HOES. 



Lee's Wheel Hoe. The invention of a market 

 gardener, resultant from many years experience, is a sim- 

 ple and effective tool. It has a triangular or V shaped 

 iron frame, with five light harrow teeth in front followed 

 by a flat steel knife for cutting weeds. The teeth loosen 

 the earth, and the knife cuts off the weeds beneath the 

 surface, leaving them on the surface to die, so that the 

 work does not have to be repeated for the same growth 

 of weeds. The ends of the knife are flanged upwards to 

 prevent the earth covering small plants. The handles 

 reach down to a wheel in front, giving the operator per- 

 fect command of the machine. 



The Planet, Jr. A double and single wheel ma- 

 chine hoe, one form consisting of an iron frame having 

 two wheels in front designed to straddle the row, the 



