The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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AN IMPROVED FRUIT PICKING STAND. 



i I iHIS device, patented by Mr. Jesse C. Greenlow, of Pepperwood, Cal., 



1 is preferably made with a triangular base to allow it to be supported 



on three wheels and more readily moved in and out among the trees. 



The middle beam of the base frame is adapted to be engaged by the forked 



lower end of a vertical post, held in place by braces from the corners bearing 



under an offset on the 

 post, the braces being re- 

 movable to permit of con- 

 veniently taking down 

 and setting up the post. 

 A triangular platform is 

 held to slide vertically on 

 the post, the platform 

 having an upwardly ex- 

 tending sleeve which fits 

 the post, and has bearings 

 for a shaft carrying a gear 

 wheel meshing in a rack 

 on one side of the post, as 

 shown in Fig. 64. This 

 shaft has a crank arm by 

 which it is operated by 

 one standing on the plat- 

 form, and a ratchet wheel 

 on the shaft is adapted to 

 be engaged by a pawl 

 fulcrumed on the sleeve and connected by a chain with a treadle. On one 

 side of the base is a short ladder, to facilitate reaching the platform when 

 it is in its lowest position, the operator then raising the platform by means 

 of the crank arm and its connected gear and rack. The pawl and ratchet 

 hold the platform in position when the desired height has been reached, the 

 pawl being disengaged by pressing on the treadle when it is desired to 

 change the position of the platform or lower it to the offset. The several 

 parts can be readily disconnected for convenience of transportation or 

 storage. — Scientific American. 



Fig. 64. — Greenlow's Fruit Picking Stand. 



Mr. E. J. Phippin, of Park Hill, Ont., grafted two or three kinds of 

 pears on a Mountain Ash, and the grafts have all grown well and appear to 

 unite perfectly, and give every evidence of vigor. The results will be 

 anxiously looked for by those especially who feel an interest in " stock and 

 scion " and the influence of the former on the latter. 



