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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



THE PALMER 



Fruit Wwmi 



FRUIT 

 PICKING 

 BUCKET 



An automatic device for the successful 

 handling of Apples, Pears, Peaches, 

 Cherries, Oranges and Lemons, or any 

 other kind of Fruit or Small Vegetable, 

 without bruising. It has been thoroughly 

 tested and meets every requirement for 

 the careful and convenient handling of 

 fruit that is easily bruised. 



"The Palmer Bucket is the best all 

 around bucket, in every particular, that 

 I have ever seen." — Professor H. E. Van 

 Deman. 



The Bucket — Made entirely of metal. Substan- 

 tial and durable. 



No Canvas^ — The past season exploded the can- 

 vas idea. Instead of being a protection, it wrinkled 

 and collected spurs and sticks which scratched and 

 marred the fruit. It was subject to weather con- 

 ditions and would shrink and stretch. The canvas 

 bottom would sag and the fruit bruise when the 

 bucket was set on the ground. 



No Strings to stretch, wear out and break and 

 let the fruit drop. 



No Springs or clamps or levers to get out of 

 order. 



The Release is simple and easy ; no complicated 

 arrangement of straps, strings and levers to tinker 

 with. By a simple rotary movement the bottom is 



drawn away and the fruit is gradually and evenly 

 deposited in the box ; two buckets leveling a box so 

 that another box may be set on top. 



After emptying the bucket the bottom drops 

 automatically into position and the picker is ready 

 for action, without wasting time over straps, loops 

 or puckering strings. 



Take up the bucket, from any position, by the 

 handle, and the bottom automatically adjusts itself. 

 All the, fruit in the bucket may be discharged or 

 just enough to complete the filling of the box, and 

 the rest taken to another box. 



The Hook works on a swivel and is always rigid 

 and upright, ready to hook to the ladder or a con- 

 venient limb ; and when desired can be hooked in a 

 harness and suspended from the picker's shoulders, 

 so he can use both hands. Can be instantlv removed. 



The Palmer Bucket Company 



Hood River, Oregon 



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