26 Ladder for gathering Fruit, pruning, or training. 



If you conceive these remarks worthy a place in your 

 Magazine, I shall be happy to give you occasionally, as my 

 time permits, an account of any thing remarkable in several 

 extensive demesnes in this neighbourhood. 

 I am, Sir, &c. 



Andrew Johnston. 

 Garhally, Ballinasloe, Dec. 1830. 



Art. V. Description of a Ladder for the Purposes of gathering 

 Fruit, pruning or training Trees, S^c. By Mr. Matthias Saul. 



Sir, 

 I SEND you an account and a sketch of a machine {Jig. 4.), 

 which will be serviceable to gardeners for a variety of pur- 

 poses, such as gathering fruit 

 from trees, and also for pruning 

 and training. It stands free 

 of the tree, in which quality it 

 has a great advantage over the 

 common ladder ; and it is easily 

 moved to reach any part of 

 the tree. 



The length of the three up- 

 rights may be as circumstances 

 require, so as to suit the walls 

 and fruit trees of any particular 

 garden. There are two mova- 

 ble boards about 12 in. broad, 

 supported either by iron or 

 by oak pins, so that they can 

 '^.. ,,--■' be moved to any height. If 



~"~ "'" the pins are of oak, they are 



made like brackets [d) ; if of iron, they are made of f-round 

 rod iron. One of the uprights is furnished with pins, both 

 along its front and edge, as seen in the sketch ; so that a 

 person may ascend with as much ease as up a ladder. 



By this plan, two or three persons may be at work at the 

 same time. 



The upright c must be longest, for it then will set a and b 

 more erect, which will be an advantage in training wall trees. 

 A pulley may be fixed in the upright c, so that the fruit 

 basket, &c., may be let down by a rope, when employed in 

 taking fruit from large standards. The three uprights are 

 secured by an iron bolt, which passes through them at their 



